he was in a receiving line in buffalo, new york at the pan american exposition. he oftentimes wore a red carnation on his lapel. while working as governor. and again as the president. it said that a little girl about the age of 7 or 8 asked the if the for his flower. he took it off and gave it to her. about four people later was the assassin who shot him at point-blank range. he went onto live for several days. but infection had over come the wound. and he died shortly thereafter. so when the legislature here in ohio found out about his death, they immediately began crafting a bill creating the red carnation as the state flower. and it's a memorial to this great president and great ohio governor. on the grounds of ohio state house is a monument dedicated to william mckinly. it's interesting where it's erected. it's erected at the exact place where it's said that he would come to work every day crossing high street. he'd turn around and wave good-bye to his wife for the day. always in the second story window waves good-bye to her husband. and of course would come

well, in september 1901, president mckinley is in buffalo, new york, at the pan-american exposition. he's shaking hands with the public, when an anarchist named leon czolgosz assassinates him. suddenly, vice president teddy roosevelt is sworn in. among his many big ambitions is a gut rehab of the executive mansion. >> 1902 was a major reshaping of the symbol of the white house into a more worldly time. america became more international, and the white house was redone to be compatible with that. >> t.r.'s goal is to return it to its original federalist incarnation, while clearing it out to accommodate a brood of six children and a pony. it also means separating the living quarters from our nation's most important executive offices. >> he moved the offices out of the family floor and built the west wing. he reorganized the place so it wasn't just an old plantation house. >> to that end, roosevelt's architects rearrange the entrance, removing this stairway and these victorian tiffany panels from the cross hall -- as well as all that old ornamental woodwork, like the plinths. the workers