On September 24, 1880, Sarah Knauss was born. Sarah is
known as “America’s Oldest Person”. When she died in 1999, she was 119 years
and 97 days old. No one else in American History has lived this long!
Imagine all the things this woman saw in her life. When she was born, there were very few people who had electricity. Telephones weren't really in use yet, having just been invented four years before. Airplanes weren't invented yet. Cars weren't invented yet. By the time she died, we've had people walking on the moon, using computers, and sending email. She lived through 22 Presidents! What a life she must have had!
Would you want to live to be 119 years old?
I've always said I wouldn't mind living to be a really old lady, even 100 years old, as long as I could be healthy!
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