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William McKinley: “Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.”

On the recordOctober 27, 1898
Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Proclamation 426—Thanksgiving Day, 1898

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