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Lecia Cherkin 1942 - 2000

Lecia Cherkin was born on April 9, 1942, and died at age 58 years old on October 27, 2000. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lecia Cherkin.
Lecia Cherkin
April 9, 1942
October 27, 2000
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  • 04/9
    1942

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    April 9, 1942
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  • 10/27
    2000

    Death

    October 27, 2000
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    Unknown
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    Lecia Cherkin lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.
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In 1942, in the year that Lecia Cherkin was born, 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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In 1950, at the age of just 8 years old, Lecia was alive when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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