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===Other memorials=== [[File:McKinley Birthplace Memorial uncirculated dollar (common obverse).jpg|thumb|The [[McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar]] was minted in 1916 and 1917]] In addition to the Canton site, many other memorials honor McKinley. The [[William McKinley Monument]] stands in front of the [[Ohio Statehouse]] in Columbus and a large marble statue of McKinley is situated at [[National McKinley Birthplace Memorial|his birthplace]] in Niles. Twenty Ohio schools bear McKinley's name,{{sfn|McElroy|p=189}} and several more schools in the United States are named [[McKinley School (disambiguation)|McKinley School]]. Nearly a million dollars was pledged by contributors or allocated from public funds for the construction of McKinley memorials in the year after his death.{{sfn|Olcott|p=388}} McKinley biographer Kevin Phillips suggests that the significant number of major memorials to McKinley in Ohio reflect the expectation among Ohioans in the years after McKinley's death that he would be ranked among the great presidents.{{sfn|Phillips|p=161}} Statues bearing McKinley's image may be found in more than a dozen states, and his name has been bestowed on streets, civic organizations and libraries. In 1896, a gold prospector gave McKinley's name to [[Denali]], the tallest mountain in North America at {{convert|20310|ft}}. The Alaska Board of Geographic Names reverted the name of the mountain to Denali, its local appellation, in 1975. The [[Department of the Interior]] followed suit in August 2015 as a part of a visit to Alaska by President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hirschfeld Davis|first1=Julie|title=Mount McKinley Will Be Renamed Denali|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/us/mount-mckinley-will-be-renamed-denali.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0|website=The New York Times |date=August 30, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref> On January 20, 2025, President [[Donald Trump]] issued an executive order to restore McKinley's name to the mountain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2025 |title=Restoring names that honor American greatness|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-names-that-honor-american-greatness/ |access-date=January 21, 2025|website=[[White House]]}}</ref> [[Denali National Park]] was known as Mount McKinley National Park until December 2, 1980, when it was changed by legislation signed by President [[Jimmy Carter]].{{sfn|McElroy|p=189}}
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