“THINKING PERHAPS THAT YOU WOUD LIKE SOME MEMENTO . . . THAT HAD CONNECTION WITH THE FUNERAL OF MCKINLEY. . ..” A piece of mourning cloth from the walls of the Stark County Courthouse rotunda where President McKinley’s body lay in state before his funeral the following day
Canton, Ohio: 1901. Unbound. This piece of mourning cloth measures 5” x 2.75”. It was removed from the Stark County Courthouse in Canton, Ohio where the body of President McKinley lay in state the day before his funeral on 19 September 1901. Included is a letter from Bond to an..... More