This ironstone platter commemorates the assassination of President William McKinley, who was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY, 1901. It reads at the top and bottom: "It is God's Way - Thy Will Be Done", with a figure of McKinley at the center,
"Born 1840, Died 1901" to the right and left of the figure.  The platter measures approximately 10.5" long and 8.25" wide.