M'Kinley Memorial

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McKinley Birthplace Museum

Name/Title

M'Kinley Memorial

Entry/Object ID

2014.2.19c

Scope and Content

The item is a newspaper clipping from the Warren Tribune on Thursday, September 27, 1917. The clipping discusses the plans for the opening of the McKinley Memorial building on October 5, 1917. The article mentions prominent people such as William Howard Taft, Senator Atlee Pomerene and Senator Warren G. Harding attending. The presiding speaker has not been named yet. There will be a parade and a 2,000 person chorus trained by Lynn B. Dana of the Dana Institute of Warren. The opening will be considered a Niles holiday all businesses and schools will be closed. The landscaping is said to be in presentable condition but not completely finished. The memorial is an investment of $400,000 while an additional $100,000 is currently being raised for an endowment. The article discusses the memorial being near the site of McKinleys birth and that there are two wings that house a library and auditorium.

Collection

King

Acquisition

Accession

2014.2

Source or Donor

Leslie King

Acquisition Method

Gift/Loan

Credit Line

KING