McKinley Presidential Library and Museum + William McKinley Tomb
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- The McKinley Presidential Library and Museum and President William McKinley's Tomb in Canton, Ohio.
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I grew up going here a lot as a kid in the late 2000s/early 2010s (mostly for the lower floor with the dinosaur and science stuff but I still loved the history stuff upstairs) but some stuff you mentioned I had never even noticed! The animatronics still work, but I guess they were just turned off while you were there! They usually do a little audio show talking to you like a guest and telling you about their luves and what life was like then!
Glad to hear the animatronics still work, was disappointed they weren't working. Thank you for watching!
You are one of the first YT vloggers who avidly researched the tomb and the design it was based on. For just a hint more, there used to be a gazebo behind the monument towards the road that ADA visitors and maintenance can take instead of the stairs. That gazebo was the pommel of the sword. The water formed the blade for the sword. The entire configuration was the Matyr configuration for the masonic imagery due to Wm. being a 32 level mason. He founded the local lodge which is also in his name, and his sister who was a school teacher was honored by the high school just two down from the lodge (McKinley High School) though not many realize it wasn't him.
Many of us in Canton are very proud of the monument and we take picnics there and the kids slide down the sides though it can be rough (know from experience). I myself would prefer Canton be visited for our many locations around Stark County (including the Troll Hole in Alliance which is my favorite tourist destination because of how wacky and fun it is). Instead we get the da**ed Pro Football Hall of Fame visitors who are football nuts and don't realize how rich we are with history. I mean we even have Frankenstein's grave just snuggled in the cemetery beside the monument in Westlawn! (I could go down a deep dark ranting hole about the HOF so I'll hold back on that)
I love going to the museum and seeing the exhibits when they swap them out, but the Timken ball bearing tea cup is my favorite thing in the museum as is the Street of Shops and the zone in the basement you didn't get a chance to portray based on physics experiments for kids. There's even a planetarium. During Christmas time the entire museum decorates and it's gorgeous. Also side comment--the McKinley's DO work and did not long after your visit if I go by the 50's kitchen you did get a chance to share; their downtime must have been short and you just got a bad time for them. Ida is creepy though when she talks.
All in all, thank you for coming to Canton and sharing the video about our favorite son. He might not have been born here, but he lived here, practiced law here, and we claim him as our own.
Additional facts for commenters that read this far. Ida's parents were the owners of our still published newspaper the (Canton) Repository and her First Lady's museum is downtown just a block from it (or so). That tiara was purchased by fund raisers because we Cantonians couldn't bear to have it not be in the museum where it belonged. Each 4th of July, people gather with lawn chairs and coolers and wait for dark for the epic fireworks display behind the monument complete with cannons from the Civil War. We'd love for anyone to come and VIST CANTON (Google it) and see everything we have to offer.
--Just a general citizen and mom who was born and raised here in Canton/Stark County. :) Your video is awesome.
Also going to go subscribe now. :)
Wow what an awesome comment! I'm glad I did Canton some justice given the historical significance of the city, I really enjoyed my visit and intend to come back. I did film some videos on some other sites in Canton (including the Frankenstein grave) if you want to look those up :)
I appreciate it!
Good job.
Thank you.
Thanks!
Thanks!! You did a nice job putting this together!
If you haven't gone already, President Garfield is buried around 45 minutes north of here in Cleveland! There isn't much in the monument, but it's still a great place to go if you want to visit presidential monuments.
I have not been there yet, but Lake View Cemetery is definitely on my radar for the future! Thanks for the recommendation.
Thanks for another great history tour H-B! It's me (NCPATRIOT/Darrell) on our cabin TV account. Be safe out there.
Thank you Darrell, enjoy the cabin!
I'm from Canton. Great video!
Thank you!
I only realized now that McKinley wasn't just from the region of Ohio that my family made their first American home in, but he was also likely the president at the time they arrived there or not long before/after they did. Imagine moving somewhere and learning that the president was from your new town? Likely how it was for us.
1st 20th Century President. 🙂🇺🇸
This doesn’t look like a traditional presidential library or museum. Usually they’re about the president’s life & political legacy. But this one feels more like a time warp than anything.
Yeah this is not an official presidential library. It's basically just the local historical museum - they just put McKinley's name on it since that's more likely to draw people than "Stark County, Ohio"
Good video enjoyed this. Plan on going here again it's been awhile. I like how you said you plan on seeing all the president's graves I've been too 27 so far and hopefully next week my 28th. Keep up the awesome episode s
That's cool, you've been to a lot of the presidential gravesites! Enjoy your visit to #28 and thanks for watching!
@@hoosiertours hey thanks keep traveling and seeing all the cool places plan on watching more of your videos. Been too alot of the same places you've been. New to this whole vlog thing so learning the ropes. Here's to traveling
@@offthebeatenpath9248 Cool, I see we’ve been to several of the same places. Making videos (and garnering an audience with the current analytics system...) really takes time so be patient!
@@hoosiertours thanks appreciate the comment and here's to traveling
Thanks for posting this. I felt like I was there. Is there a McKinley coffee monument at the library?
If I mentioned it in the video, there is a "McKinley Coffee Monument" on the Antietam Battlefield. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Those wax figure bots actually work now…I went there for my 21st birthday about 5 months back with my mom and sister and we pressed the button for them to talk and they worked just fine.
That's great to hear, thanks for the info and happy belated birthday!
@@hoosiertours no problem 😃
Very nicely put together. Your videos are wonderful. Are you from Seymour?
I'm in the Indianapolis area, thank you!
Have u notice that on his tomb it says vnited states.... Grew up there and never noticed it till I took my family there
Cousin William McKinley was from Niles,Ohio
Not your fault but them having live creatures there is wrong. Thank you for the awesome tours you give. Streets of Yesterday are so cool. I was in the ones at the House on the Rock years ago. Also the ones at the Milwaukee Museum. Awesome.
I've been to both the House on the Rock and Streets of Old Milwaukee, those two really are the best! Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for the comment!
I'm not sure why the bunny was there, but the other animals are treated responsibly and I can understand your concern. The children start at the dinosaur side and end up on the other learning about archeology complete with panning for artifacts in one spot and it's a great lesson for our local school students and families. Hope that helps you not feel so worried? (I have never seen the bunny there so I assume it was being nurtured for some reason and not in our local wildlife rehabilitation park location for Stark Parks. I trust the museum and the staff from experience through the decades)
I started out to go to each presidents resting places
Started on a whim -I went to the homes that were still standing and the grave sites - all this before you tube.
Also went to the sites where they died some are still there and some are gone or replaced by a marker
I got about a little over have done then I got cancer and had to stop
Can you buy tickets from their website because I didn't see an option to do so?
I doubt that will be necessary for something like this, I'm sure you can just show up!
All you have to do is go in and buy your tickets…when I went the last time it was 10 dollars a head
You didn't get a video of the allosaurus roaring?
Never saw it roar, wish I would have seen that!
Who lives who dies who tells your story every other presidents story is told every other president gets to grow old but when your gone who remembers your name who keeps your flame who tells your story who tells your story canton:we put ourselves back in the narrative we try to make sense of your work as president you really did serve like your running out of time we raise funds for the McKinley memorial (we tell your story) we speak out against the enemy you could've done so more if you only have time oh can I show you what I'm proudest of?(the museum)we established the first Victorian era museum in canton ohio we get to see kids learn so much and when our time is up have we done enough will they tell your story? Oh we can't wait to see you again its only a matter of tiiiime (will they tell your story) Tiiimmee (who lives who dies who tells your story?) *proceeds to gasp seeing that your story has been told*
Are his books and important papers there?
I believe many are here, I watched an old C-SPAN documentary filmed here and I think they said some are there, but a lot are also at the Library of Congress. Thanks for watching!
@@hoosiertours What's the documentary?
Stop with the ads
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Also, the extra (but little) revenue these videos generate does help me produce more videos, as travelling is expensive. Anyways, thanks for watching!
I did not know there was a library and museum for McKinley. Like who cares about McKinley?
Many people he was a president that was very successful
I grew up going here cause it was one of the closer museums to us and honestly, theres so much more than just stuff about McKinley. The bottom floor is all interactive stuff for kids! The top floor is more McKinley focused, but most of the historical stuff is mostly about the history of the county and the history of what life was like during the turn of the century when he was president. Definitely worth a visit though! I personally love it!
@Abby Wilsbacher
People on trip advisor complain there's not enough McKinley stu but don't love it too.
But i love it too
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