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Velma Ross 1919 - 2005

Velma Ross of Burlington, Skagit County, WA was born on April 30, 1919, and died at age 85 years old on April 28, 2005.
Velma Ross
Burlington, Skagit County, WA 98233
April 30, 1919
April 28, 2005
Female
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Velma Ross' History: 1919 - 2005

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  • 04/30
    1919

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    April 30, 1919
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  • 04/28
    2005

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    April 28, 2005
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    Velma Ross lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1919, in the year that Velma Ross was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1943, by the time she was 24 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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