The Assassination of William McKinley: HipHughes On Location

The assassination of President William McKinley is one of only four Presidential assassinations in US History, yet most Americans know very little about the event. Travel with me to the spot where it happened in Buffalo, NY for a little history lesson and a little fanciful acting by some of my friends.

[kayzeaza]

It’s sad how Garfield and McKinley couldn’t get the proper medical care they needed to survive.

[DJDoubleCee]

At 4:44, They should of made the auditorium a national landmark instead of tearing it down since that was where McKinley was assassinated. I think the site deserves more than just a stone.

[shirtless]

Another example of speedy justice occurred in Florida in 1933. On February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara fired shots into a crowd in Bayfront Park in Miami. He missed President-elect Franklin Roosevelt, but among those wounded was Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago. Cermak died on March 6, 1933. Zangara was tried, convicted, and sentence to death, and, on March 20, 1933, or only 33 days after the shooting, was electrocuted in the state prison at Raiford, Florida.

[raidersox]

Keith,
Thank you so much for the videos! They're all I ever watch now on youtube! You're also inspiring me to become a History teacher! Thank you!

[kjb]

Please get your foot of the historical marker.

[jessicastenstrom]

I remember my uncle told stories how bad it was back then 12 year olds working 16 hr days in factories and shut like that thought he was telling us that stuff to stay in school

[lutherheggs]

I do have to give respect to the grief-stricken young lady at the beginning of the video. A singular display of empathy for one killed so long, long, ago. Quite touching!

[rebelpsychotikbsh]

Lincoln’s oldest son Robert Lincoln was supposed to meet McKinley

[mexirissor]

Damn McKinley was shot on my birthday but 99 years before I was born that’s a bit crazy

[mauve]

I have came back here to watch my childhood teacher all the nostalgia

[dipierro]

It's been 58 1/2 years since JFK was shot, but that day still is part of our lives, at least for many of us. Before that, it was barely longer -- just 62 years -- since McK was shot. But I never heard anyone recall that at all, let alone be affected by it in their lives or their thinking -- and in '63 I knew plenty of people who were alive in '01.

[JeagerTank]

Grew up in the shadow of McKinley Monument Park in Canton, Ohio. Awesome

[jessalilpunchy]

your videos are amazing, and have helped me pass all my U.S. History tests without having to pick up the textbook one time!

[TheVCRTimeMachine]

Too much talk about his boring political stances. (What are protective tariffs anyway?) I like the part about the murder though. That was interesting....You left out the part where McKinley told the people attending to him, "Don't let them hurt him.." referring to Czolgosz. Theodore Roosevelt probably would have gotten up and snapped his neck.

[KyleKapusta]

Little nitpicking by me here...you said that it was a .37 Revolver, but it was actually a .32 Revolver

[lunardemon]

Reading this as I sit on the site of his Front Porch Campaign ( or the closed down Stark County Library )

[mirahzz]

my class and I went on a field trip to his memorial. we saw the caskets where he and his wife lay and their little daughters buried in the walls.

[KingofAmerica]

Do you find it kind of odd/eerie that this happened just 100 years almost exactly before 9/11?

[wallywaffles]

Believe this or not, my grandmother's 2 great cousin is Leon, my mother tells me about him a lot and how Leon and My Grandmother are connected and it is pretty cool how I am related to Leon. We had to switch our name from Czologosz to Cole

[dustinmold]

Why would they take those buildings down