McKinley National Memorial (Canton, Ohio)

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Final resting place of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley. Construction began in 1905 after the state of Ohio raised $500,000 based upon a design by H. Van Buren Magonigle of New York City.

The 9-1/2 foot tall bronze statue depicting President McKinley delivering his final public address at Buffalo, New York, on September 5, 1901 was created by sculptor Charles Henry Niehaus. The McKinley National Memorial dedication on September 30, 1907 was one of the most memorable events in Canton's history. President Theodore Roosevelt joined Supreme Court Justice William R. Dayother and United States Poet Laureate James Whitcomb Riley to observe a grand parade from the review stand at Public Square in downtown Canton. The coffins of the President and First Lady are entombed above ground in double sarcophagi of elegant green granite.

Their children who both died as infants are both found within bricks on the back of the Memorial.

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