Lincoln Discussion Symposium

Many thanks to Richard Sloan for these photos of the site of William McKinley's assassination in 1901.

Now the area is just a parcel dividing a street. How things change! Reminds me of the spot where Daniel Boone's son James is buried. The marker denoting the grave site is located on a highway embankment. It is barely noticeable and rather difficult to get to. When Jim Boone was killed at that spot it was in the middle of wilderness.

He was the last president who served in the Civil War. I believe he started out as a private.

Very interesting-- I had no idea a road now runs through the site of McKinley's assassination; that is really fascinating! Thanks for sharing your pictures, Mr. Sloan.

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Bill is absolutely correct about McKinley's service during the Civil War. Born in Ohio in 1843, he enlisted as a volunteer in 1861, shortly after the war broke out.
McKinley's regiment was originally under the command of William Rosecrans.
More famously, however, William McKinley served on the staff of Rutherford Hayes, who would also become President of the United States. Hayes remained a lifelong friend and advisor to McKinley. I have heard that McKinley's friendship with Hayes was the reason he advanced so quickly in his political career... but that might be strictly speculation.
He became quite fond of cigars, perhaps during the war, and during his presidency refused to be photographed with his cigars, to avoid being a poor example to children.
McKinley left the war in 1865 with the rank of brevet major.

(05-17-2016 01:10 PM)LincolnMan Wrote: [ -> ]Now the area is just a parcel dividing a street. How things change! Reminds me of the spot where Daniel Boone's son James is buried. The marker denoting the grave site is located on a highway embankment. It is barely noticeable and rather difficult to get to. When Jim Boone was killed at that spot it was in the middle of wilderness.

Reminds me of this:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/03/world/...index.html

I interviewed a patient yesterday who stated she attended McKinley Elementary School. She was in her late 30's. She had no clue who McKinley was. You would think if for no other reason people might know that McKinley was one of the assassinated presidents. But then again: how many 20 somethings today know who JFK was?

Between Garfield and McKinley I wonder which is the lesser known.

I would think both are equally forgotten...

I have a McKinley beach towel, precisely designed as the 500$ bill that features McKinley. I bought it here (at ~5€).

I was telling a friend that the site of Garfield's assassination, now occupied by the West Building of the National Gallery Of Art, is not marked.

(05-30-2016 08:39 AM)RJNorton Wrote: [ -> ]Between Garfield and McKinley I wonder which is the lesser known.

As for McKinley I wonder which is lesser known between the mountain and the president. (In any case I guess the mountain is still better known by the name McKinley than by the name Denali.)

They named a mountain after a car?

Here is an article entitled, "Why doesn't Buffalo do more to commemorate President McKinley's assassination?"

http://history.buffalonews.com/2016/09/0...ssination/