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Ed Bearss

Ed Bearss, American military historian and author (died 2020)

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Born
June 26, 1923
Died
September 15, 2020
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1923

About Ed Bearss

Edwin Cole Bearss was a historian of the American Civil War, tour guide, and United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II. In February 2005, Bearss was awarded an honorary degree from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois; Gettysburg College did the same in 2010. Edwin Cole Bearss: History's Pied Piper (PDF) (first ed.). He prepared historical studies for the Interior Department agency and founded the Mississippi Civil War Roundtable. The NPS awarded him the unique title of National Park Service Historian Emeritus.

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The world when Ed Bearss was born

Ed Bearss was born in 1923. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1923

  • #1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
  • Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
  • Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
  • Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
  • Defining fadDance marathons
  • Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
  • World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ed Bearss's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19232026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$3,380$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population111.9M341 million

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