When Milford Greyson Ellenburg was born on 5 September 1917, in South Carolina, United States, his father, William Oscar Ellenburg, was 25 and his mother, Lillian Pilgrim, was 25. He lived in Locust Grove, Henry, Georgia, United States for about 7 years and Locust Grove, Spalding, Georgia, United States in 2011. He died on 20 February 2011, at the age of 93, and was buried in Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stockbridge, Henry, Georgia, United States.
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To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Americanized form of German Ellenberg .
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