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This sepia colored photograph shows the twenty-seventh President of the United States William Howard Taft on the south steps of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. He spoke to the crowd of citizens and civil war veterans who were attendance for the Semi-Centennial State Wide Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic. Prior to the speech, President Taft dedicated the cornerstone of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall building at Tenth and Jackson Streets, east of the capitol, in Topeka, Kansas
Date: September 27, 1911
Item Number: 303102
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.56.1911 *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 303102
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s - 1911
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Military - Veterans - Organizations - Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable People - Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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