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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1901
Page
1
Dr Manchester's eulogy honors the dead president while Dr Milligan leads a prayer for Providence. Mrs McKinley remains too ill to attend as the funeral service and Westlawn burial draw thousands from across the nation. President Roosevelt and cabinet depart for Washington at seven p.m.
In Canton crowds surpass 60 000 as civic military and fraternal groups gather for the funeral procession of President McKinley. Mrs McKinley appears gravely ill, Roosevelt visits the Harter residence, and the coffin is sealed awaiting the procession to West Lawn cemetery.
Crowds estimated at about one hundred thousand lined Canton streets as the body of McKinley lay in state at Westlawn Cemetery. The presidential party and cabinet stood in solemn homage as the flag wrapped casket was carried to the hearse. A vast procession followed to the church and funeral services, with officers, veterans, and civic groups in attendance.
President McKinley lies in state and his funeral procession honors his memory as mourners fill the Capitol rotunda and city streets. The nation observes a period of solemn ceremony and official tributes marking his burial.
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