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Minerva Shank 1892 - 1983

Minerva Shank of West Milton, Miami County, Ohio was born on May 7, 1892, and died at age 91 years old in August 1983.
Minerva Shank
West Milton, Miami County, Ohio 45383
May 7, 1892
August 1983
Female
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Minerva Shank's History: 1892 - 1983

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    1892

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    May 7, 1892
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  • 08/dd
    1983

    Death

    August 1983
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    Minerva Shank lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1892, in the year that Minerva Shank was born, on October 12th, the "Pledge of Allegiance" was first recited in unison by students in U.S. public schools. Composed the previous August by Francis Bellamy, it was to be recited in 15 seconds and originally read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." "Under God" was added in the 1950's.
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In 1904, at the age of just 12 years old, Minerva was alive when 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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