McKinley National Memorial

On a hill alongside the McKinley Presidential Museum was the memorial where William and Ida are buried.

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The statue of McKinley was modeled after a photograph taken of him in Buffalo, New York shortly before he was shot.

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Also buried in the memorial are the McKinley’s two daughters, both of whom died when very young.

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There was a sign outside telling about the symbolism of the memorial. I had glanced at it and walked away. My wife was still looking when a young man approached her rather aggressively. I headed back over to see what was going on, but apparently he just wanted to inform her that he had once seen a photo in which the grassy expanse below the stairs used to be a pool of water. A careful reading of the sign proved him correct.

The whole time we were there, a steady parade of exercisers ran up the stairs, circled the memorial and ran back down, over and over.

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