McKinley Assassination Witnesses

August 31, 2022 • By Cynthia Van Ness

Was your ancestor present in the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901, the day that President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition? Here is our best attempt, using period and secondary sources, to identify as many people as possible who were present at critical events from the day McKinley was shot to the day of his funeral.

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