Evocative of early magic lantern and Phantasmagoria shows , '' The Martyred Presidents '' is part of a cycle of films made by the Edison Studios to chronicle the McKinley assassination in Buffalo , New York at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition . An Edison catalog from the time suggests to exhibitors that '' The Martyred Presidents '' be used as a closing tableau when " ... shown in connection with the funeral ceremonies of the illustrious McKinley . "
McKinley assassination
Assassination of William McKinley
The Martyred Presidents