100 - Mary S. Erickson - Rose Hill Burial Park - OKC, OK
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Mary S. Erickson was born the same year that Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park
Waymark Code: WMEQDG
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2012
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The final resting place of Mary S. Erickson is at the southeast corner of Rose Hill Burial Park, at the far east of section 8. Her marker is a flat, and reddish brown color, and can be found only 3 feet from the road.
Text on headstone:
Mary S. Erickson
1872 - 1972
Some worldwide events and accomplishments that occurred during Mary's lifetime:
1872: U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act of 1872 into law, restoring full civil rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers
1882: Old West outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back of the head and killed by Robert Ford
1892: Homer Plessy (who is black) is arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson court case
1902: Cuba gains independence from the United States
1912: French aviator Henri Seimet makes the first nonstop flight from Paris to London, in three hours
1922: The historic Genoa Conference commences in Genoa. The representatives of 34 countries convene to speak about monetary economics in the wake of World War I
1932: The first Purple Heart was awarded
1942: The Jewish Star of David is required wearing for all Jews in the Netherlands and Belgium. Other Jews in Nazi countries had been wearing it for longer
1952: The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp collides with the destroyer USS Hobson while on sea exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 175 men
1962: The Hulk debuts with The Incredible Hulk #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
1972: Fears are growing about the economy of the United Kingdom, where unemployment is now exceeding 1 million for the first time since World War II
Location of Headstone: Rose Hill Burial Park, section 8
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