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Strausstown Roots
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 1885 - 1948 (62 years)
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| 1 | 1898 | - Apr 1898: Spanish American War. A military conflict between Spain and the United States that began in April 1898. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December.
The war began after the American demand for Spain's peaceful resolution of the Cuban fight for independence was rejected, though strong expansionist sentiment in the United States motivated the government to target Spain's remaining overseas territories: Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam and the Caroline Islands
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| 2 | 1908 | - 13 Jan 1908: Boyertown Fire
Rhoads Opera House. 171 deaths.
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| 3 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
estimated 9 million combatant deaths and 13 million civilian deaths
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| 4 | 1918 | - Feb 1918—Apr 1920: Spanish Flu
20 - 50 million deaths
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| 5 | 1939 | - Sep 1939: 1939-1945: WWII
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