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William McKinley was the first United States president of the 20th century.

And then he was the first president of the 20th century to be assassinated.

But why?

And what did it have to do with the war that the United States government wants you to forget?

This is the story of the Philippine American War.

I'm Andre and this is the Redacted History Podcast.

The Philippine American War was a three-year conflict that reflected everything bad about 18th and 19th century America.

And 20th and 21st century America as well.

Zenophobia, war crimes, imperialism, colonization, racism, genocide.

It's often referred to as simply the Philippine American War or the Philippine insurrection.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

In order to really understand the Philippine American War, we have to go back to the beginning,

which was only a year prior.

We have to go back to the Spanish American War.

On April 25, 1898, the United States declared war on Spain.

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