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Lancaster Downes 1916 - 1985

Lancaster Downes of Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi was born on December 29, 1916, and died at age 68 years old in August 1985.

Lancaster Downes
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Picayune, Pearl River County, Mississippi 39466
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December 29, 1916
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In 1916, in the year that Lancaster Downes was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1920, Lancaster was just 4 years old when 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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Downes, Mada (Born Aug 18, 1910) Downes, Gary (Born 1912) Downes, William (Jan 31, 1894 - Apr 1974) Downes, Alfred (Sep 25, 1915 - Nov 9, 2002) Downes, Waldo (Dec 28, 1885 - May 1973) Downes, Lloyd (Oct 24, 1915 - Jan 26, 2009) Downes, Leon (Sep 24, 1923 - Jul 29, 1984) Downes, Richard (Jul 27, 1923 - Aug 18, 2007) Downes, Frank (Feb 15, 1921 - Dec 5, 1998) Downes, Veronica (Oct 5, 1926 - Aug 1995)
Downes, Christophe (Jul 22, 1930 - Jun 20, 2004) Downes, Ruth (Nov 14, 1940 - Jan 24, 2008) Downes, Dorothy (Nov 7, 1904 - Jan 1984) Downes, Arthur (Aug 22, 1947 - Sep 27, 2001) Downes, Louisa (Oct 13, 1876 - Jul 1974) Downes, Stanley (Jun 15, 1920 - Nov 21, 2000) Downes, Rachel (Oct 21, 1954 - Jan 19, 2009) Downes, Mildred (Nov 5, 1889 - Aug 1978) Downes, Margaret (Mar 25, 1893 - Nov 1976) Downes, John (Aug 19, 1918 - Oct 6, 2009)
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