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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 |
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| “McKinley’s Monument Unveiled.” Summary 10 June 1905 v33n23: p. 1. |
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| McKinley memorial (Reading, PA: dedication). |
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| Edwin R. Gerber; Jenkin Hill; William McKinley; Theodore Roosevelt; Charles Emory Smith; Thomas C. Zimmerman. |
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McKinley’s Monument Unveiled
R,
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.