Thursday, January 27, 2011

William McKinley's Good Luck Charm

Brother William McKinley (1843-1901), 25th President of the United States, loved carnations and considered them good luck.  On September 6, 1901 McKinley gave his good luck charm, a red carnation that he was wearing, to a little girl in the receiving line at the Pan-American Exposition.  Seconds later, an assassin struck shooting him and wounding him fatally.

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