It stands at the foot of Panhandle Park, San Francisco, California, and faces the DMV across Baker Street.

Created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken (1878–1949) in 1904, the Monument was dedicated in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt, who succeeded McKinley after his assassination in 1901.

[2] Robert Ingersoll Aitken, of San Francisco, was hired to sculpt a 15-foot (4.6 m) statue of a female figure, representing the Republic, that stands dressed in a tunic and cape with a laurel wreath around her head.

[1] On November 24, 1904, the monument was unveiled, at the entrance to the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, to the memory of William McKinley.

[3] During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, refugees sought safety by setting up camp at the base of the McKinley Memorial.