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Title
National
McKinley
Birthplace
Memorial
Dedication
Photograph
Subject
Presidents and Politics
Architecture
Arts and Entertainment
Monuments & memorials
Building dedications
McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Columns
Place
Niles (Ohio)
Trumbull County (Ohio)
Description
This
15
" by
40
"
(38.1
by
101.6
cm)
panoramic
photograph
depicts
the
October
5
,
1917
dedication
of the
National
McKinley
Birthplace
Memorial
. This
image
was
taken
from
Main
Street
and
includes
the
crowd
and the
front
facade
of the
building
.
Visitors
began
arriving
days
in
advance
,
filling
downtown
streets
and
overnight
accommodations
.
After
the
parade
marking
the
beginning
of the
festivities
,
thousands
of
people
converged
on the
memorial
grounds
,
where
seating
had been
arranged
,
while
others
watched
from the
roofs
and
windows
of
nearby
buildings
.
Notable
Ohioans
among
the
guests
included
former
president
William
Howard
Taft
,
who
delivered
the
keynote
speech
.
Another
address
, "
McKinley
the
President
" was
delivered
by
George
B
.
Cortelyou
,
who
had
served
as a
private
secretary
to
President
McKinley
.
One
of the
emotional
highlights
of the
day
was
when
Miss
Helen
McKinley
of
Canton
,
unveiled
the
courtyard
sculpture
of her
brother
. As with the
cornerstone
laying
ceremonies
two
years
earlier
,
President
Woodrow
Wilson
was
unable
to
attend
due
to the
United
States
'
involvement
in
World
War
I
.
Construction
of the
National
McKinley
Birthplace
Memorial
building
was
completed
in
1917
. The
memorial
was
conceived
by
Joseph
G
.
Butler
Jr
. and
financed
by
contributions
from
around
the
world
.
Built
of
white
Georgian
marble
, the
structure
consists
of
two
wings
joined
by an
open-air
Italianate
court
of
honor
, at the
center
of
which
stands
a
thirteen-foot-tall
marble
sculpture
of
President
William
McKinley
. In
addition
, the
front
facade
and
perimeter
are
supported
by
28
Doric
columns
.
One
wing
of the
structure
houses
a
museum
and
auditorium
; the
McKinley
Memorial
Library
occupies
the
other
half
of the
building
.
William
McKinley
(1843-1901)
, the
twenty-fifth
president
of the
United
States
, was
born
in
Niles
,
Ohio
. He
enlisted
in the
army
at the
outbreak
of the
Civil
War
and,
after
being
mustered
out
,
studied
law
and
opened
a
law
office
in
Canton
,
Ohio
.
McKinley
served
in the
U.S
.
Congress
for
14
years
, and
became
president
in
1897
,
largely
due
to the
influence
of
Marcus
Hanna
,
boss
of the
Cleveland
political
machine
.
McKinley
was
most
noted
for his
foreign
policy
and the
conduct
of the
Spanish-American
War
in
1898
.
It
was
during
McKinley's
administration
that the
U.S
.
acquired
its
first
overseas
possessions
in the
Philippines
,
Guam
, and
Puerto
Rico
. He was
re-elected
in
1900
, but was
assassinated
by
anarchist
Leon
Czolgosz
in
1901
. His
running
mate
,
Theodore
Roosevelt
, then
became
president
.
Creator
McIntyre, B.R.
Date of Original
October
05
,
1917
Source
Audiovisual material
95.01.019
Submitting Institution
McKinley Memorial Library
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2325_1874906_001.tif
Image Height
470
Image Width
1816
File Size
253.715 KB
Format
picture
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