Former President Taft was at Elmira College's tense 1919 commencement
View Comments Wednesday, June 11, 1919, was a day of excitement in Elmira. Elmira College’s 64th annual commencement exercises were held at the Park Church. Fifty-eight young women received their degrees in a packed church sanctuary, and former U.S. President William Howard Taft delivered the commencement address. An undertone of tension also pervaded the city as the major strike at the Willys-Morrow plant, which began on May 6, continued. On Wednesday evening, the Mozart Theater had been...
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