McKinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History of William McKinley's Assassination

Publication information

Source: Summary
Source type: newspaper
Document type: article
Document title: “McKinley’s Monument Unveiled”
Author(s): anonymous
City of publication: Elmira, New York
Date of publication: 10 June 1905
Volume number: 33
Issue number: 23
Pagination: 1

Citation

“McKinley’s Monument Unveiled.” Summary 10 June 1905 v33n23: p. 1.

Transcription

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Keywords

McKinley memorial (Reading, PA: dedication).

Named persons

Edwin R. Gerber; Jenkin Hill; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt; Charles Emory Smith; Thomas C. Zimmerman.

Document

McKinley’s Monument Unveiled

READING, Pa., June 8.—A parade of Grand Army bodies in honor of the unveiling of the monument to President McKinley took place yesterday. The monument cost $10,000 and has been placed in City Park, Chairman Hill of the McKinley memorial committee, read a greeting from President Roosevelt in which he heartily endorses the erection of monuments to Americans who have conferred lasting good to the nation.
The McKinley ode, written by Col. Thomas C. Zimmerman was sung by the People’s Chorus. Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia delivered the oration. The monument was accepted by Mayor Gerber.

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