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The Advance Agent of Prosperity: How President William McKinley Built the Modern American Economy

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William McKinley Biography: The Tariff King, Spanish-American War, and Assassination

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Washington DC, history often remembers President William McKinley for the tragic way his life ended, but his presidency was the spark that ignited the American “Century of Power.” Known as the “Tariff King” and the “Advance Agent of Prosperity,” McKinley transitioned the United States from a nation in depression to a global empire.

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Boy Scout Restores Forgotten Veterans’ from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I Gravesites at North Arlington Cemetery

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North Arlington NJ, Dylan Sullivan, the Senior Patrol Leader of BSA Troop 86 in Lyndhurst, spearheaded an Eagle Scout project at Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum in North Arlington. The project aimed to restore and honor the graves of fallen soldiers dating back to the Civil War, Spanish-American War, and World War I.

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