The early 20th century saw several events related to funerary matters . In 1901 , the church held one of the official funeral services following the assassination of President William McKinley . Seven years later , the remains of George Clinton , an Episcopalian , were transferred from Washington to the churchyard , where he was reburied with full honors , under the same obelisk he had originally been buried under , within sight of the steps of the courthouse where he had been sworn in as New York 's first governor in 1777 . Shortly after the sinking of the '' Titanic '' in 1912 , the church held a memorial service for the victims
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Assassination of William McKinley
Old Dutch Church (Kingston, New York)