William McKinley
Reading, United States
<br><center>Born at Niles, Ohio, 1843<br> Enlisted in the Union Army as Private, 1861<br> Mustered out as Major, 1865<br> Elected President, 1896<br> Re-elected President, 1900<br> Died at Buffalo, N.Y. 1901<br><br> <b>Last Public Utterances at the<br> Pan American Exposition,<br> Buffalo, N.Y., September 5, 1901.</b><br> ————<br> “God and man have linked the nations together.”<br> ————<br> “Let us ever remember that our interest is in concord,<br> not conflict and that our real eminence rests in<br> the victories of peace, not those of war”<br> ————<br> “Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously<br> vouchsafe prosperity, happiness and peace to all<br> our neighbors and like blessings to all the peoples<br> and powers of the Earth.”<br> ————<br> <b>“Lest We Forget.”</b><br> ————<br> Erected by contributions from citizens,<br> churches, and other organizations,<br> and the school children of the<br> City and County, under the direction of the<br> Board of Trade of Reading.<br> 1905.</center>