SOUTH KING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Date: 15 November 2003 Place: First Baptist Church 11420 SE 238th St Kent, WA 98031 Time: 9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Socializing, info sharing, traveling library begins at 9:30 AM Meeting begins at 10:00 AM GUEST SPEAKER: Lorraine C. McConaghy, PhD, Historian at the Museum of History and Industry "The Cross of Gold: The Election of 1896" The 1896 election was one of the most dramatic in U.S. history. The youthful William Jennings Bryan challenged Civil War veteran William McKinley for the American presidency. Voting in only their second election since statehood, Washington voters also cast their ballot for governor and two congressional seats. The 1896 election was a referendum on the Gilded Age, and its outcome set the national course into the 20th century, as 80% of eligible voters participated across the nation. The vital issues of this campaign - woman suffrage, immigration, imperialism - were contexted by the deep economic depression in the US, and whether the gold standard or free coinage of silver was an economic cure-all. Visit our website for further information: http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskcgs/ or call Barb Callahan at 253.852.4218 Gerry "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission" Eleanor Roosevelt --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard