President McKinley Comes to Town |
Pres. William McKinley addresses a crowd from the balcony of the historic Cabildo, May, 1901. The trip to New Orleans was one of his last, he was assassinated just 4 months later in Buffalo, NY. |
Above, a huge crowd greets McKinley at Southern University, New Orleans. |
The front page of the San Francisco newspaper, The Call, recounts the president's activities in New Orleans. |
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