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- NGAGAR_200214_01.JPG: "My God! What is this?"
President James A. Garfield was leaving Washington, DC for his college reunion. He entered the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station that would have been standing in front of you on the morning of July 2, 1881. Charles Guiteau, a mentally ill office seeker who supported a rival faction of Garfield's own Republican Party, fired two shots. Garfield cried out "My God, what is this?" as he was hit in the arm and back. He collapsed on the station floor. For more than two months Americans watched their president suffer from his wounds and poor medical care. He was moved out of the summer heat of the White House to the seaside town of Elberon, New Jersey where he died on September 19, 1881.
The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station, an imposing Victorian Gothic structure located at Sixth and B Streets, NW, opened in 1873. Trains belched smoke along tracks that crossed the Mall and many considered the station an eyesore, including James Garfield, who called it a "nuisance which ought long since to have been abated." The station was torn down, in 1908, after Union Station rendered it obsolete.
- NGAGAR_200214_11.JPG: The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station, an imposing Victorian Gothic structure located at Sixth and B Streets, NW, opened in 1873. Trains belched smoke along tracks that crossed the Mall and many considered the station an eyesore, including James Garfield, who called it a "nuisance which ought long since to have been abated." The station was torn down, in 1908, after Union Station rendered it obsolete.
- NGAGAR_200214_15.JPG: James Garfield's Legacy
In front of you stood the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station where President James A. Garfield was shot in 1881. Garfield served as the United States' 20th president for only four months before he was assassinated. A modest memorial to Garfield was placed in the lobby of the station until demolished in 1908. Other sites more associated with Garfield's legacy of service remain to this day.
The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, behind you and across the National Mall, was the site of Garfield's inaugural ball. The White House and US Capitol, where Garfield held public office, still stand. Most significantly, Garfield, a Member of Congress for 17 years, is remembered with a monument erected in 1887 on the grounds of the US Capitol.
Who Was James A. Garfield
The last president born in a log cabin, Garfield rose from poverty to the presidency. Garfield became a scholar, minister, president of Hiram College, and state senator. In the Civil War, Garfield advanced to the rank of Major General. After the war, he spent 17 years in the US Congress advocating for civil rights and African American suffrage. Garfield was elected president in 1880. He served only 118 days before being shot. Garfield's tragic death became a catalyst for civil service reform. His wife Lucretia and their five children lost a loving husband and father, and the country, for the second time in 16 years, lost a leader.
- NGAGAR_200214_19.JPG: Who Was James A. Garfield
The last president born in a log cabin, Garfield rose from poverty to the presidency. Garfield became a scholar, minister, president of Hiram College, and state senator. In the Civil War, Garfield advanced to the rank of Major General. After the war, he spent 17 years in the US Congress advocating for civil rights and African American suffrage. Garfield was elected president in 1880. He served only 118 days before being shot. Garfield's tragic death became a catalyst for civil service reform. His wife Lucretia and their five children lost a loving husband and father, and the country, for the second time in 16 years, lost a leader.
- NGAGAR_200214_23.JPG: The James A. Garfield Monument
- NGAGAR_200214_34.JPG: Assassin Charles Guiteau
Secretary of State James Blaine
President James A. Garfield
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