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Henry B Mertz 1931 - 1989

Henry B Mertz of Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO was born on July 15, 1931, and died at age 58 years old in July 1989.
Henry B Mertz
Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, MO 63141
July 15, 1931
July 1989
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  • 07/15
    1931

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    July 15, 1931
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  • 07/dd
    1989

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    July 1989
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    Henry B Mertz lived 18 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 57.
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In 1931, in the year that Henry B Mertz was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1942, at the age of only 11 years old, Henry was alive when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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