Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahaeretia te whakamaharatanga e te Kawanatanga o New York, ā, i whakatapua i te 6 o Hepetema, 1907 ki te mahara o William McKinley, te Perehitini 25 o te United States, nā wai i whakatapua
I patua ia i a ia e haere ana ki te Pan-American Exposition i Buffalo i te Mahuru 6, 1901. I whakaawe a Daniel H. Burnham i te mahinga o te hoahoa o te tohu ma te tohutohu kia hangaia he obelisk hei karanga ki te hiranga me te hiranga o te tohu. I puta he whakaoranga katoa i te tau 2017 na te ahuatanga o te taiao i raru ai te pono o te tohu.