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Presidential monuments: A memorial for all to see [1]
['Noelani Kirschner']
Date: 2025-02-13 16:44:00+00:00
Monuments to American presidents are scattered around the United States. Some are tucked into less traveled corners, while others appear along busy roads.
The William McKinley National Memorial stands atop a hill in northeastern Ohio for all of the Canton city residents — and passersby on Interstate 77 — to see. The site honors the 25th president of the United States, who served from 1897 to 1901. Both President McKinley and his wife, Ida McKinley, are buried there. (The couple met as youngsters nearby.)
While McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, he spent most of his life, when not in Washington, in Canton. Decades before his presidency, McKinley represented this area of Ohio in Congress. He made a name for himself there by promoting tariffs as a way to strengthen the U.S. economy.
The Canton memorial, completed in 1941, boasts a statue of McKinley out front with a rotunda behind it, where the president is entombed. At the top of the dome of the memorial is a stained glass window with 45 stars — one for each state at the time of McKinley’s death.
As president, McKinley led the U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War and acquired the territories of Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam. He championed the gold standard for America’s currency, a policy that helped strengthen the U.S. dollar.
Read our digital story to learn more about other presidential monuments.
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