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At 4 p.m. on the afternoon of Sept. 6, 1901, the doors of the Temple of Music in Buffalo, N.Y., swung open and the public began filing past the president of the United States. An organist played Bach. William McKinley stood beneath a blue-and-gold dome, smiling and extending his hand to anyone who wished to take it.
As far as McKinley was concerned, making himself available to the public was part of the job. He had come to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition, an
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