At 930 a.m. on July 2nd, 1881 at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C.

James Garfield, President of the United States, was fatally shot.

It's an event that, quite quite frankly really doesn't get the

attention that other political assassinations have received. The story

behind how and why it happened however is as fascinating as any in American history.

Learn more about the assassination of President Garfield and his assassin Charles Guttow on this episode of

Everything Everywhere Daily. everywhere daily. Sure, we're all dying to get back out on the road again, so maybe it's a really good time to look at the myths,

cliches, and assumptions that we tend to make about travel.

I'm longtime travel journalist Sput Hilton and in the new

podcast grounded I'll explore topics such as why it makes good sense to get lost.

The marketing myth of living like a local why it's better when tour guides make up

history, why most travel media only see Africa through its animals, and why travel is

always more interesting when something goes wrong.

Join me for these and other topics on Groust,

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James Garfield doesn't rank very high in the list of the greatest American presidents.

If for no other reason, then he wasn't president for very long.

He was shot only four months after taking office and died about two months after that.

There was very little in the way of policy that could be attributed to him as president because of his

short tenure. During his administration he mostly appointed cabinet

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