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On the Porch:
Throughout the autumn of 1896, 750,000 citizens converged on Canton, Ohio, where Republican presidential candidate William McKinley waited to receive them on his front porch. On McKinley's lawn, a handful of reporters gathered each day to record his remarks for their newspaper stories. The atmosphere was relaxed, the pace slow. McKinley never ventured farther than his front porch on his way to the White House. |