William McKinley Monument

Dedicated: October 13, 1903
Location: Just South of Burnside Bridge parking area
Map Number: Map 2, Position 93
   
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.WILLIAM McKINLEY
January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901

Fourteen Years Member of Congress

Twice Governor of Ohio 1892-3 and 1894-5

Twice President of United States
1897 - 1900 - 1901

Sergeant McKinley Co. E. 23rd Ohio Vol. Infantry, while in charge of the Commissary Department, on the afternoon of the day of the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, personally and without orders served "hot coffee" and "warm food" to every man in the Regiment, on this spot and in doing so had to pass under fire.


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