1.0YorksPasthttps://yorkblog.com/yorkspastStephen H. Smithhttps://yorkblog.com/yorkspast/author/stephenhsmith/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ENo4iTpxnU"><a href="https://yorkblog.com/yorkspast/taft-york-gettysburg/">Dedication in Gettysburg prompts Presidential visit to York</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://yorkblog.com/yorkspast/taft-york-gettysburg/embed/#?secret=ENo4iTpxnU" width="600" height="338" title="“Dedication in Gettysburg prompts Presidential visit to York” — YorksPast" data-secret="ENo4iTpxnU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://yorkblog.com/yorkspast/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://yorkblog.com/yorkspast/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/06/TaftA.jpg1033731Map exploration and newspaper research were used to prove a postcard shows President William H. Taft speaking to York, Pennsylvania, residents from his rail car on the morning of May 31, 1909. He stopped in York for several hours, before attending a Memorial Day monument dedication at Gettysburg later in the day.