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Mississippi & Presidential Elections

Washington & Lincoln

Taft's Trip to Mississippi

Woodrow Wilson

FDR & Senator Pat Harrison

W.T. Marshall Collection

JFK & The University of Mississippi

LBJ

Nixon & Ford

Willie Morris Collection

Inaugurations

Presidential Signed Documents

Presidents and the Blues

Presidential Deaths

Presidential Deaths

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Death comes to all, including presidents. In a few cases, this loss is the result of assassination during their tenure in office. Among the items on display are a memorial photo card for William McKinley, shot by an anarchist in 1901, and an AP teletape from a Lexington, Mississippi radio station that relates minute-by-minute updates on the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.

However, most presidents depart life peacefully after retirement.  The program for Woodrow Wilson’s 1924 memorial service on view below contains a detailed description of the sequence of events that transpire on these occasions. It outlines where dignitaries sit, what time the Capitol doors open, and when the Marine Band plays.






Ticket to McKinley Memorial Service

William McKinley Memorial Exercises Ticket

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McKinley Memorial Card With Photographic Insert

McKinley Memorial Card

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Mrs. William McKinley Acknowledgment Note

Engraved mourning note card

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Program to William McKinley Funeral Service

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Card for Woodrow Wilson Memorial Service

Wilson Memorial Service Card

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Program for Woodrow Wilson Memorial Service

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Invitation to Dwight D. Eisenhower Funeral Service

Eisenhower Funeral Invitation

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Tickets to Eisenhower Funeral Service

Tickets to Eisenhower Funeral Service

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Teletype from WXTN in Lexington Documenting Kennedy Assasination

Teletype detailing the death of JFK

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Invitation to John F. Kennedy Memorial Mass

Invitation to Kennedy Memorial Mass

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