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Luke Mercer 1904 - 1973

Luke Mercer of Waterbury, New Haven County, CT was born on March 9, 1904, and died at age 69 years old in March 1973.
Luke Mercer
Waterbury, New Haven County, CT 06704
March 9, 1904
March 1973
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Luke Mercer's History: 1904 - 1973

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    1904

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    March 9, 1904
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  • 03/dd
    1973

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    March 1973
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    Luke Mercer lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 68.
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In 1904, in the year that Luke Mercer was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1914, he was only 10 years old when President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Anna Jarvis had championed a Mother's Day for years but Congress had joked a few years earlier that then they would have to proclaim a "Mother-in-law's Day" as well. The President who championed a woman's right to vote also created a day in their honor.
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