# Canonical recap data for Pan-American Exposition & McKinley Assassination (1901)
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slug: pan-american-exposition-1901
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1901/pan-american-exposition-1901"
title: Pan-American Exposition & McKinley Assassination
subtitle: Buffalo's world's fair became the backdrop for President McKinley's assassination by anarchist Leon Czolgosz, crystallizing tensions between progressive reform and violent radicalism.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1901-05-01
endDate: 1901-11-02
datePrecision: day
year: 1901
decade: 1900
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350 acres (0.55 mi2) of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow Avenue. It is remem
summaryLong: The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350 acres (0.55 mi2) of land on the western edge of what is now Delaware Park, extending from Delaware Avenue to Elmwood Avenue and northward to Great Arrow Avenue. It is remembered today primarily for being the location of the shooting of United States president William McKinley at the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901. The exposition was illuminated at night. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. filmed it during the day and a pan of it at night.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Pan-American Exposition"
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Exposition"
  title: Pan-American Exposition
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
- protest
metaDescription: The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The fair occupied 350 acres (0.55 
wikidataQid: Q1693466
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-29
  label: Pan-American Exposition
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Exposition"
