Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee), “This day in history — Sept. 6”
In 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. (McKinley died eight days later; Czolgosz was executed on Oct. 29.) Continue Reading
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “When music found an ‘Alternate’ home on Milwaukee’s lakefront — in 1971”
The Journal and Sentinel frequently referred to the new space as the “People’s Park,” and, the Journal reported on July 4, 1971, the Milwaukee Youth International Party, also known as the Yippies, planned to promote a proposal to call the site Czolgosz Park, for Leon Czolgosz, the anarchist who assassinated President William McKinley. Continue Reading
Tribune Chronicle (OH), “Honoring President McKinley then and now”
His assassin was Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. His mugshot is on display at the McKinley Birthplace Home in Niles. Continue Reading
Chicago Tribune, “Political violence is ‘as American as cherry pie'”
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by a political opponent. President William McKinley died in 1901 at the hands of an anarchist; another anarchist fired at President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, missing him but killing the mayor of Chicago. Continue Reading
Bustle, “John Oliver Is Sick Of Trump Complaining How “Unfairly” He’s Treated — VIDEO”
Wait, no politician has been treated worse? Abraham Lincoln was shot by an actor, William McKinley was shot by an anarchist, JFK was of course murdered by Ted Cruz’s father, and James Garfield was shot, then to find the bullet — and this is true — Alexander Graham Bell devised a kind of metal detector, […]
Rolling Stone, “See John Oliver Explain Why Trump’s Russia Scandal Is ‘Stupid Watergate'”
“Wait, no politician has been treated worse?” Oliver asked. “Abraham Lincoln was shot by an actor. William McKinley was shot by an anarchist. JFK was, of course, murdered by Ted Cruz’s father. And James Garfield was shot, then to find the bullet, Alexander Graham Bell devised a kind of metal detector, which didn’t work, so […]
Last Week Tonight on HBO, “Stupid Watergate”
Wait, no politician has been treated worse? Abraham Lincoln was shot by an actor, William McKinley was shot by an anarchist, JFK was of course murdered by Ted Cruz’s father… Continue Reading
Tribune Chronicle (Ohio), “McKinley’s birthday celebrated”
McKinley’s life came full-circle in Ohio, when, shortly after starting his second term, an anarchist from Cleveland shot and killed him as McKinley shook hands with people who gathered to see him. Continue Reading
WIVB 4 (Buffalo), “Presidential Inauguration history in WNY”
The tragic fall of one President led to the rise of another. President William McKinley visited the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in September, 1901. A 28-year-old named Leon Czolgosz approached him with a gun. He shot the President in the stomach twice. “Czolgosz was an anarchist and he believed that by killing the President of […]
Wall Street Journal, “President Shot at World’s Fair”
McKinley’s killer, Leon Czolgosz, 28, was the president’s polar opposite: a loser lunatic with messianic delusions. In 1894, after losing his job and rejecting his Catholic faith, he became interested in socialism and then embraced anarchism. By 1901 he “carried resentment with him like a malignancy.” Moreover, “in his distress, he found somebody to blame. […]