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Source: Summary Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “McKinley Monument Day” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Elmira, New York Date of publication: 19 September 1903 Volume number: 31 Issue number: 38 Pagination: 1 |
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| “McKinley Monument Day.” Summary 19 Sept. 1903 v31n38: p. 1. |
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| Keywords |
| McKinley memorial (Toledo, OH: dedication); McKinley assassination (anniversaries of). |
| Named persons |
| Dorothy Bonner; Joseph C. Bonner [middle initial wrong below]; Charles W. Fairbanks; Marcus Hanna; William McKinley. |
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McKinley Monument Day
T, Sept. 15.—Fully
100,000 people saw the unveiling of the bronze statue of William McKinley in
this city yesterday. The civic and military parade that preceded the unveiling
is said by all to have been the most imposing in Ohio since the close of the
Rebellion. Senator Hanna, although in poor health, presided as officer of the
day, and paid a glowing tribute to the late President in introducing Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana, who made the principal address of the occasion.
Dorothy Bonner, daughter of Col. J. S. Bonner,
president of the McKinley Memorial Association, pulled the cord to drop the
draping, but unfortunately it broke and two Regular soldiers standing by sprang
to the base of the monument and quickly swept the covering to the base of the
shaft, while cheers rang from thousands.
The monument was built by 6,500 Toledo contributions
from adults and the mites of over 20,000 school children. It is of bronze, heroic
size mounted on a shaft of marble on a broad base of white granite surrounded
with flowers.
There were no public exercises in Canton to-day.
Flags were lowered on the public buildings and school buildings and reference
to the life of McKinley and his death was made in the schools. Carnations, McKinley’s
favorite flower, were worn by many in recognition of the day.