William McKinley Marker

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Reading in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

William McKinley

By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009

1. William McKinley Memorial

Inscription.
Born at Niles, Ohio, 1843
Enlisted in the Union Army as Private, 1861
Mustered out as Major, 1865
Elected President, 1896
Re-elected President, 1900
Died at Buffalo, N.Y. 1901

Last Public Utterances at the
Pan American Exposition,
Buffalo, N.Y., September 5, 1901.
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“God and man have linked the nations together.”
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“Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord,
not conflict and that our real eminence rests in
the victories of peace, not those of war”
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“Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously
vouchsafe prosperity, happiness and peace to all
our neighbors and like blessings to all the peoples
and powers of the Earth.”
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“Lest We Forget.”
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Erected by contributions from citizens,
churches, and other organizations,
and the school children of the
City and County, under the direction of the
Board of Trade of Reading.
1905.

Erected 1905 by The Reading Board of Trade, with City and County Citizens, Churches, Organizations, and School Children

William McKinley Marker Photo, Click for full size

By William Fischer, Jr., July 4, 2009

2. William McKinley Marker

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Location. 40° 20.052′ N, 75° 54.862′ W. Marker is in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. Marker is on Perkiomen Avenue (Business U.S. 422), on the left when traveling east. Click for map. Memorial is about 200 feet NNW of the intersection of Perkiomen Avenue with Hill Road/Franklin Street. Marker is in this post office area: Reading PA 19602, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ringgold Light Artillery (within shouting distance of this marker); Penn's Common (about 500 feet away, in a direct line); Volunteer Firemen (about 500 feet away); Duryea Drive (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bethel A.M.E. Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Pagoda (approx. 0.5 miles away); a different marker also named Duryea Drive (approx. 0.5 miles away); Skyline Boulevard (approx. 0.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Reading.

Also see . . . William McKinley. (Submitted on December 8, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)