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Walter Shear 1892 - 1972

Walter Shear of Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois was born on July 31, 1892, and died at age 79 years old in January 1972.

Walter Shear

Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois 61401

July 31, 1892

January 1972

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January 1972

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In 1892, in the year that Walter Shear was born, on January 1st, Ellis Island opened to process immigrants. 700 passed through on the first day - in the first year, 450,000 were processed. The processing center was originally a 3 story wooden building - with outbuildings - that burned down a few years later.

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In 1917, he was 25 years old when in April, the U.S. entered World War I, declaring war against Germany. President Wilson had previously declared neutrality in the war - a position supported by the majority of Americans - but after Germany declared that they would sink all ships trading with Great Britain and sunk U.S. ships, public opinion began to change. Then the Lusitania was sunk, killing 1,201 - including 128 Americans - and more U.S. ships were sunk. The U.S. could stand aside no longer.

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