A surviving trace
The shirt from the shooting gives the event a material scale: an ordinary garment bears the evidence of a moment later told as an extraordinary story.
Artifact · A CLOSER LOOK
Roosevelt’s shirt from the shooting
ABOUT THIS ARTIFACT
The birthplace museum’s gallery description lists the shirt Roosevelt wore during the attempt on his life, alongside his folded speech and glasses case. Those objects give the story a scale that a short anecdote cannot. Check the museum’s current visitor information when planning a visit.
The shirt belongs with the folded speech and glasses case in understanding the event and its physical traces.
A CLOSER LOOK
The story behind it.
A physical connection to the 1912 assassination attempt.
Object and account together
The shirt belongs beside the account of the Milwaukee address and the folded manuscript. Together they connect the spoken story to physical evidence.
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