He also was not killed in Elberon NJ. He died there, but was shot in DC, I believe.
Yes a train station in DC. He went to Elberon NJ to die by the sea. His incompetent doctors were more responsible for his slow painful death than the assassin.
I just read Destiny of the Republic about his murder. Very interesting read.
Yup—the article is very weak in other respects.
It failed to name the assassin or the reason for the assassination—which undermine the main narrative.
The assassin was someone who wanted a federal job under the spoils system currently in place—hardly a libertarian....
;-)
As for Garfield—he was a party hack who talked a good game.
(We have a lot of those these days as well.)