Essay: The Contentious Election of America’s Centennial

The Takeaway

In Fremont, Ohio you can see the quiet evidence of the election of America’s centennial year, an election that rocked the United States in a way we have only glimpsed since.
Fremont is the home of Rutherford B Hayes – one of the eight presidents claimed by the State of Ohio. He is certainly the most disputed.
Executive director of the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Christie Weininger says President Hayes had challenges that echo into today.

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