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Herbert W Higgins 1920 - 2010

Herbert W Higgins of Alexis, Mercer County, IL was born on August 19, 1920, and died at age 89 years old on April 24, 2010.
Herbert W Higgins
Alexis, Mercer County, IL 61412
August 19, 1920
April 24, 2010
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  • 08/19
    1920

    Birthday

    August 19, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Mercer County, Illinois United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 16126824 Enlisted: September 23, 1942 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Army Of The United States - Includes The Following: Voluntary Enlistments Effective December 8, 1941 And Thereafter; One Year Enlistments Of National Guardsman Whose State Enlistment Expires While In The Federal Service; Officers Appointed In The Army Of The United States Under Army Regulations 605-10 Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    General Farmers
  • 04/24
    2010

    Death

    April 24, 2010
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Herbert W Higgins was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1933, at the age of just 13 years old, Herbert was alive when on December 5th, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. The 21st Amendment said "The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed." Alcohol was legal again! It was the only amendment to the Constitution approved for the explicit purpose of repealing a previously existing amendment. South Carolina was the only state to reject the Amendment.
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