A message to Garcia was not only a small essay that changed the way people thought, but it was popular enough to be translated into 37 different languages. The essay was also sold over 40 million different copies. The short story was motivational and touched hearts by many. Throughout the years the slang term " Take a message to Garcia" was mentioned as take initiation and be your own leader. McKinley was the president during the Spanish American war. The war in which " Take a message to Garcia" took place. The president was assassinated on his 2nd term of presidency 6 months in. After he died in memorial of his death they named the tallest mountain in North America " Mt. McKinley" but later changed it back to Denali in 2015. Some of the vocabulary words we learned today were
Perihelion
slipshod
imbecility
stenographer
missive