McKinley National Monument and Museum

We took a special day for the whole family

and ended up visiting the

McKinley museum

and monument.

This statue was made from

a portrait taken of McKinley just

a few hours before he was shot.

The money for the monument came from

donations only.

 Great Britain contributed money as well.

Ida McKinley is interred beside

President McKinley.

In the wall behind the sarcophagus

their two children are interred.

President Theodore Roosevelt came

for the dedication ceremony.

Ida did not live to see the work to completion,

although she did give suggestions to the board

that designed the monument.

Both of their children died young

and President McKinley

was assassinated.

What a sorrow,

the First Lady must have felt!

Wishing you homeschool blessings,

Bethany