Goldman and the others were all eventually released, but justice came swiftly for Czolgosz. While William McKinley was eventually overshadowed by his more famous successor, Theodore Roosevelt, his assassination prompted a worldwide outpouring of grief. The memorial includes a bronze statue that depicts McKinley giving his final speech at the Pan-American Exposition on September 5, —the day before his fateful meeting with Leon Czolgosz.
But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you. McKinley doubled over and fell backward into the arms of his Secret Service escorts. As he lay bleeding from his wounds, he managed to tell his guards not to hurt his assailant. Then he turned to his private secretary and said: "My wife, be careful, Cortelyou, how you tell her—oh, be careful.
Gangrene had set in around the bullet wounds, however, and he died on September 14, , just six months after his second inauguration. Czolgosz admitted the shooting. He had taken aim at the President because he believed him to have been the "enemy of the people, the good working people. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. But in , On September 6, , an estimated 2. During her year marriage to Prince Charles, the son of Queen On September 6, , British Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, a former Patriot officer already infamous and much maligned for betraying the United States the previous year, adds to his notoriety by ordering his British command to burn New London, Connecticut.
The Continental Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Sign Up. Roosevelt had to borrow formal clothes for the occasion, and he barred photographs of the ceremony. Toggle navigation. Sign up for our email newsletter.
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