The Saturday Presidential Buzz-William McKinley

Rory J. Koopmans, B. Admin., Beverly Crest Hotel Courtesy Computer, Edmonton, Alberta

December XXVIIth, MMXIV

Hon. Gordon Dirks, B. Ed., M. Ed., MLA, Minister of Education, Progressive Conservative, Calgary-Elbow

Dear Gordon:

Just IX (9) days before he was dead from assassin's bullets, President William McKinley talked about war & death being crazy & that although sometimes necessary, he would prefer world peace instead of war. He stated this to families of military cadets or students soldiers-in-training at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

"Our finest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, & peace to all our neighbors, & like blessings to all the peoples & powers of Earth."

March IVth, MDCCCXCVII (1897)-September XIVth, MCMI (1901),

Rory

Source: XXVth President Of The United States Of America William McKinley, Republican-Ohio.