The Buffalo World's Fair Where a President Was Assassinated

Podcast: Yore Town · Beard Laws Studio, Bleav

Opublikowano: 2026-09-07

In 1901, Buffalo, New York, built a city that wasn't supposed to last. The Pan-American Exposition was a spectacular World's Fair designed to show millions of visitors what the new century could become. Enormous buildings surrounded illuminated fountains, hundreds of thousands of electric lights transformed the grounds after dark, and the power of nearby Niagara Falls helped create a spectacle unlike anything many Americans had ever experienced. Then the President of the United States walked into the Temple of Music. On September 6, 1901, William McKinley stood inside the exposition greeting members of the public. One...