1898 Atlanta Peach Jubilee Medal, McKinley, Dewey, Sampson, Shapter & Schley

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1898 Atlanta Peace Jubilee Medal, McKinley, Dewey, Sampson, Shapter and Schley
Up for Sale is a medal from the 1898 Atlanta Peace Jubilee.   This 123 year old medal is in excellent condition, and a wonderful historical souvenir celebrating the end of the Spanish American War.
The size of the medal is approximately 1.5” in diameter and it appears to be made of copper or bronze.
The Spanish American War went from April 21, 1898 to August 13, 1898. It was customary after wars were completed that many of the major cities in the U.S. held Peace Jubilees to celebrate the end of a war. The National Peace Jubilee for the Spanish American War in Atlanta was held December 14
th
and 15
th
, 1898.
The front side of the medal has a picture of President William McKinley, 25
th
President of the US, who lead our nation to victory in the Spanish American War.
On the reverse side of the medal, it depicts the military leaders of the war, Admiral George Dewey, Admiral William T. Sampson, Major General William Shapter and
Commodore Winfield Scott Schley.
Please review the pictures and decide on the grade/condition yourself.  What you see is what you will get.  We try to grade our medals fairly and accurately, however we realize that this grading is subjective and we are trying to include large and clear pictures that are clear enough for you to make your own judgement.
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INFORMATION ON THE ATLANTA PEACE JUBILEE
The Atlanta Jubilee was held on December 14th and 15
th
, 1898 to celebrate the success for American arms in the Spanish-American War.
President William McKinley and his party attended this celebration having lunch before attending a public reception at the State Capitol on Wednesday. Later that day there was a floral parade and an evening reception at the Capital City Club. Thursday they had breakfast at the Kimball House followed by a Grand Parade and a Grand Banquet at 7:00 p.m. At 8:00 p.m. a theater party at the Grand tendered by the ladies of Jubilee Committee to Mrs. McKinley and the ladies of the Presidential Party: Sol Smith Russell being the attraction. Either the President kept late hours or the programme was inaccurate: following the theater performance the next agenda item was 11 p.m. lunch at Capitol City Club with the President and his party departing at 1:00 a.m. From Franklin Garrett's history "Atlanta Environs", vol. II pages 357-359 summarizes the celebration. Garrett states, "An outstanding event in the local annals for 1898 was the Atlanta Peace Jubilee, held on December 14th and December 15th, celebrating the success of American arms in the late war." General Wheeler was one of the President's party.