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Description: This flag is a guidon is made of blue silk with gold fringe. "Ohio" is embroidered in gold on the small flag. The guidon was carried at the front of the Ohio division that marched in the parade held in conjunction with President William McKinley's inauguration in 1901. William McKinley (1843-1901), the twenty-fifth president of the United States, was born in Niles, Ohio. He enlisted in the Union Army when the Civil War broke out. At age 34, McKinley won a seat in Congress. In 1891 he was elected governor of Ohio and served two terms. McKinley became president of the United States in 1897 and was re-elected to a second term in 1900. On September 5, 1901, while standing in a receiving line at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition, McKinley was shot twice by an anarchist. He died eight days later. Theodore Roosevelt succeeded McKinley as president. Mrs. Tella Axline Dewitt of Columbus, Ohio, donated this guidon in 1937. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H65526_001
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; Guidon; Ceremonial artifact; Communication artifact
Places: Ohio