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Death of President William McKinley, September 14, 1901
"On the Threshold," illustration from Harper's Weekly, September 14, 1901 Teachers should be mining the “On This Day” feature at the New York Times, which usually features an historic cartoon or...
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Does this photograph show Teddy Roosevelt at Lincoln’s funeral procession?
1865 – Lincoln’s funeral procession; Passing the (Cornelius) Roosevelt Mansion, sw corner 14th Street, Broadway, view looking North on Broadway – Flickr image from Stratis See the house on the corner,...
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Last photos of President McKinley — who are those people?
Chamblee 54 carried this photo of President McKinley, the “last portrait” before his assassination the following day (there were other, later photos, but no later portraits). The picture was taken on...
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Teaching with original documents, at the 6th Floor Museum
Teachers inspect the Dallas Police station, where accused assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was held. The door at left opens on the room where Oswald was interrogated by police. Panorama photo by Ed Darrell,...
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6th Floor Museum, Dallas — go see it
The 6th Floor Museum in Dallas presents in-depth studies of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, on November 22, 1963. There’s a lot more to such a study than you might think. It’s a...
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Dallas honors assassin’s second victim, policeman J. D. Tippit
Forty-nine years. That’s how long it took people in Dallas to get around to erecting a memorial for police officer J. D. Tippit, killed in the line of duty on November 22, 1963. Residential street in...
View ArticleSeptember 14, 1901: McKinley died, Teddy Roosevelt ascended to presidency
Lincoln, Garfield, then McKinley. September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, eight days after having been shot at Buffalo’s Pan American Exposition a sort of World Fair....
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