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Source: Bridgeport Evening Farmer Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Carnation Day” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Bridgeport, Connecticut Date of publication: 29 January 1917 Volume number: 53 Issue number: 25 Pagination: 6 |
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| “Carnation Day.” Bridgeport Evening Farmer 29 Jan. 1917 v53n25: p. 6. |
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| Carnation Day; McKinley memorialization. |
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| William McKinley. |
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Carnation Day
“Carnation Day” is the newest of the celebrations designed to commemorate and honor a president of the United States. It is the birthday of William McKinley, and was first observed on Jan. 29, 1903, the Carnation League of America having been founded to introduce the custom of wearing a carnation, the favorite flower of the martyr president, on his natal anniversary.