Tag: Pan-Am exposition

• Know Your History: Get rid of the bum, Teddy Roosevelt!

  In one of those ironic, funny moments in history, Teddy Roosevelt unexpectedly became president of the United States in September of 1901 when President William McKinley died of an assassins bullet. Why was it ironic and funny? Certainly not because of McKinley’s death, which was tragic and heart-breaking for the country. It was ironic and…

  sassevn

  August 6, 2015

  History & Culture

  Gilded Age, mckinley, monopoly, Pan-Am exposition, progressivism, Teddy Roosevelt