Season 1, Episode 25-William McKinley and Niles

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Season 1, Episode 25: William McKinley and Niles

Let’s go visit William McKinley, another Buckeye president and lover of the carnation, born in Niles, Ohio! Probably one of the steadiest of the steady presidents, a kind-hearted man behind a stern exterior, and a bridge between the era of the manager-presidents of the Gilded Age and the dynamic, center of American politics of the 20th century.

The commemoration of his birthsite is very elaborate, and another great story with many twists and turns!

William McKinley Birthplace House website.

William McKinley Birthplace Memorial and Library website.

Cleveland.com article on visiting the McKinley sites in Northeast Ohio.

Be sure to listen to William McKinley’s “Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 2, “William McKinley and Canton” on his homes!

Also, be sure to listen to William McKinley’s Visiting the Presidents” Episode from Season 3, “William McKinley’s Tomb” on his gravesite!

From my July 2023 Visit!

At the William McKinley Birthplace Replica
Entrance to the birthplace
Historical marker and entrance
Front parlor
Parlor
Dining Room
Kitchen
Bedroom for children
One of the bedrooms
Parents’ bedroom
McKinley items, including slippers made by Ida
William McKinley portrait and canes
Canes
McKinley campaign items

From My July 2023 Visit!

William McKinley Memorial Library, just up the road from the birthplace replica and the center of Niles
William McKinley
William and me
In the courtyard, McKinley and a block O of flowers
Inside the McKinley BirthplaceMemorial Museum
McKinley and flags
Displays for items in McKinley’s life
Displays on McKinley’s assassination

From my August 2020 Visit!

The striking Memorial
Loving my re-visit
Warren Harding bust
Teddy and me
Taft and me
With Warren Harding
William McKinley and me
The great landscaping on display (and Matt and Hans)
With Matt and Hans (and William)
The birthplace house replica
William McKinley’s birthplace!

From my 2011 Trip to Niles!

Historical image of the McKinley Birthplace.
The birth-house as a general store.
The McKinley birth-house cut in half
The birth house half in complete disrepair.
When the house was re-joined and at the site known as McKinley Heights.
William McKinley portrait by Harriet Murphy.

William McKinley Birthplace: 33 South Main Street, Niles, Ohio.

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