Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Welty was born in 1936, in Clinton, Clinton, Iowa, United States, his father, Lester William Welty, was 40 and his mother, Helen B. Graham, was 39. He died in 1943, at the age of 7.
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Family Time Line
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- Lester W Welty, "United States Census, 1940"
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1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · The Four Freedoms
President Roosevelt spoke in front of Congress and gave a speech on what Freedoms everyone should be granted. First being the Freedom of Speech. Second, the freedom of Religion, Third, The Freedom from Want, and Fourth, the Freedom from Fear. Being a big deal, FDR didn't just say that all people should have these freedoms because Americans already expected these freedoms.
Name Meaning
Swiss German: from a pet form of the personal name Walther (see Walter ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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