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On the recordMay 19, 1898
No time could be more appropriate than the present to approach in a fitting spirit those sacred themes of the love of country and the rights of man.
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Bill McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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Letter to the Gettysburg Committee on Memorial Day Exercises

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