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Verdel Benson 1921 - 2005

Verdel Benson of Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota was born on February 5, 1921, and died at age 84 years old on November 2, 2005.
Verdel Benson
Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota 55974
February 5, 1921
November 2, 2005
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Verdel Benson's History: 1921 - 2005

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  • 02/5
    1921

    Birthday

    February 5, 1921
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  • 11/2
    2005

    Death

    November 2, 2005
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    Verdel Benson lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 84.
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In 1921, in the year that Verdel Benson was born, 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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In 1964, this person was 43 years old when in June, three young civil rights workers - Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner from New York City, and James Chaney from Meridian, Mississippi - were kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi. Working with "Freedom Summer", they were registering African-Americans to vote in the Southern states. Their bodies were found two months later. Although it was discovered that the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, the Neshoba County Sheriff's Office and the Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department were involved, only 7 men were convicted and served less than six years.
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