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Removed Hoax tag=
I'm not sure I agree the hoax tag.  There is a difference between ""hoax"" and ""popular mythology"".  The popular mythology of the day is that Kingston created it as day to honor orphans and shut-ins... and that version of events has been widely reported.  This should be in the article (see WP:V verifiability not truth).  If there is an alternate version of events that can be sourced (i.e. the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper article, this could be included as well as an alternate, sourced, version of events.  The article space is big enough for both versions without making any judgements as to which is true.  Besides, the hoax tag is for articles that are primary hoaxes created in Wikipedia without external sourcing.  Well known hoaxes that are documented here are just described as such in the article... not tagged. "