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Step into the past with the History Seekers as we explore the grounds of a long-forgotten U.S. military training camp from ...
On April 25, 1898, the United States Congress declared war against Spain. The 16-week Spanish-American War resulted in an ...
Members of the Forty-sixth Separate Company of the National Guard were preparing to depart for the Spanish American War on ...
On February 13, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in a Havana ... troops stationed away from the fighting also faced danger. When the Spanish-American War was declared, thousands of U.S. volunteers ...
In early 1898, the USS Maine sailed into Havana ... it would explode in inexplicable circumstances lighting the fuse for the Spanish-American War. A Final Takeoff National Treasure: The History ...
Topline: The Spanish-American War ended in 1898, but it took over a century for Congress to completely stop charging a telephone tax created to fund it. The tax was finally eliminated in 2006 ...
The camp was first used during the Spanish American War from 1898 to 1899 and later just prior to the US entering World War I (WW1). During this outing, we were shocked to find an item that had a ...
While a good yarn, one which throws a lot of light on American life and politics ... Roosevelt issued on February 25, 1898, to Commodore Dewey to attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines should war ...
Challenges: Questions of bimetallism backing the currency haunted William McKinley during his first term. In the Spanish-American War of 1898, McKinley was a forceful and effective commander-in-chief ...
Friendships forged in military service have often led veterans to form fraternal groups. Two national examples are the ...
According to the City of Wichita, the cannon was captured in Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898 and presented to the citizens of Wichita by Mayor Finlay Ross in 1900. Hunt said police ...
On February 13, 1898, the USS Maine exploded in a Havana ... troops stationed away from the fighting also faced danger. When the Spanish-American War was declared, thousands of U.S. volunteers ...