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Teddy Roosevelt Survives Assassination Attempt in WI, Oct. 14, 1912
On the night of October 14, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was addressing 9,000-12,000 people in Milwaukee Auditorium when he stopped to take a drink of water from this glass. Nearby doctors took this opportunity to advise the former president to stop talking. Roosevelt was pushing himself with no heed to the fact that lodged in his chest was a bullet that had been fired by a would-be assassin earlier that evening.
The full story, as well as an image of the drinking glass in our collections said to be used by the president that same night, can be found at the Museum Object of the Week site.
:: Posted October 14, 2005
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