Extra Credit Questions
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10-12-2019, 04:06 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Eva, yes, and congratulations to Steve - it is the home in Buffalo, New York, where President William McKinley died. McKinley spent the night in the Milburn house when he first traveled to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition. And he was taken back to that house after he was shot by Leon Frank Czolgosz on September 6, 1901 ("President's Day" at the Exposition). McKinley lingered for about a week, but finally succumbed while still at the Milburn house.
John G. Milburn was president of the Pan-American Exposition. Once again Robert Lincoln was in the vicinity of a presidential assassination. Here is the Wikimedia Commons picture of the Milburn house: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...uffalo.jpg The home has since been demolished. A plaque has been placed where the house once stood: |
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