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Ruth L Legendre 1905 - 1989

Ruth L Legendre of New Orleans, Orleans County, LA was born on April 30, 1905, and died at age 83 years old on February 9, 1989.
Ruth L Legendre
New Orleans, Orleans County, LA 70119
April 30, 1905
February 9, 1989
Female
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  • 04/30
    1905

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    April 30, 1905
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  • 02/9
    1989

    Death

    February 9, 1989
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    Ruth L Legendre lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1905, in the year that Ruth L Legendre was born, the Niagara Falls conference was held in Fort Erie, Ontario. Led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter, a group of African-American men met in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. Booker T. Washington had been calling for policies of accommodation and conciliation and these two men, along with the others who attended the conference, felt that this was accomplishing nothing. The group was the precursor to the NAACP.
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In 1921, at the age of 16 years old, Ruth was alive when on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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