#WilliamMcKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain #OnThisDay in 1898; the #SpanishAmericanWar would gain the US #PuertoRico, #Guam & the #Philippines & turn the US into an imperial power, which it's been ever since
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#JCKaelin here: In memoriam to my grade school Alma Mater ❤️
#OTD #TDIH #April12, 1912 #DOTD: #RIP #ClaraBarton.
#Nurses #Activists #Beauties #Womenssuffrage #AmericanCivilWar #FrancoPrussianWar #SpanishAmericanWar #AmericanRedCross #RedCross #JohnstownFlood
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The primary SOURCE for this post was the article 'The U.S. Occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom' by Keanu Sai Ph.D. for NEA Today (National Education Association), published October 1, 2018
#AmericanImperialism
ugly #AmericanHistory
#SpanishAmericanWar

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It all culminated in a formal declaration of war.
Facts: “The #SpanishAmericanWar was not waged in Spain, but rather in the Spanish colonies of Puerta Rico and Cuba in the Caribbean, and in the colonies of the Philippines and Guam in the pacific.”
#AmericanImperialism
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#OTD in #History 1899

April 10: Racist Roosevelt Delivered His, #TheStrenuousLife
Context: Before being elected President, Teddy Roosevelt gave a speech at Chicago’s all male Hamilton Club, abt the #SpanishAmericanWar & the occupations of #Cuba & the Philippine Islands.
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

March 27th, 1941

#SpanishAmericanWar #WhitePlumeMoth #SpectralHag #hogs

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His latest plans involve the more private spaces of the #WhiteHouse, in the second-floor presidential residence. The #TreatyRoom —which is separate from the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg—is one of the most #historic rooms in the White House. Presidents Ulysses S […]

#OnThisDay in 1898, the #USSMaine exploded in Havana harbor, prompting William Randolph Hearst to start a major propaganda campaign to push Congress into declaring war on #Spain; the #SpanishAmericanWar would make the US an imperial power...

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The cruiser #USSMaine, which was obsolete by the time it was launched in 1890, exploded in #Havana harbour on #ThisDayInHistory in 1898. The explosion was internal, from its own coal bunkers, but the US blamed Spain & launched a war of colonial expansion, the #SpanishAmericanWar.

Загибель броненосця USS Maine у гавані Гавани — Сусіди. Post by Сусіди.

Загибель броненосця USS Maine у гавані Гавани
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#USS_Maine #ІспаноАмериканськаВійна #ІсторіяСША #Гавана1898 #ВійськовоМорськаІсторія
#USSMaine #SpanishAmericanWar #USHistory #Havana1898 #NavalHistory

#NelsonDenis talks about his 2015 classic, #WarAgainstAllPuertoRicans, which focuses on the 1950 #JayuyaUprising, the product of a half-century of the United States' spoliation of the island and its people following the #SpanishAmericanWar

#PuertoRico #PortoRico #PedroAlbizuCampos #UShistory #books

US troops left #Cuba on #ThisDayInHistory in 1909, having occupied it since the 1898 conclusion of the #SpanishAmericanWar. It kept the #GuantanamoBayNavalBase, 'leased' since 1903 for a pittance. Cuba has demanded its return since 1959, correctly noting it was taken by force.

Pambihira! - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #19thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #PhilippinesHistory #AmericanImperialHistory #AmericanHistory #SpanishImperialHistory #PinoyHistory #Luzon #SpanishAmericanWar #USN #Imperialism #HistBookChat

I don't why all these migrants and refugees are here🫨!? Why did my parents or grandparents come here🤔? Don't worry, I'll be Right wing anyway! 🤗👍🏽God bless military coups! We deserved it🤗🙄 #Wecangofurtherback #SpanishAmericanWar #SmedleyButler

#History
#SpanishAmericanWar
#America
#Philippines
#Venezuela

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Gunboats Expected Two Vessels Captured from Spain Nearing Washington The Spanish gunboats Alvarado and Sandoval, captured in the capitulation of Santiago, and now flying the stars and stripes, are expected to arrive at the Washington navy yard some time this afternoon, one of them having passed Indian Head shortly after 2 o'clock. The steamers are coming here direct from, the Norfolk navy yard, where they arrived about ten days ago.

Captured Spanish gunboats arrive in Washington.
#History #NavalHistory #SpanishAmericanWar

"The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake." - William McKinley

#USPresident #SpanishAmericanWar #AmericanCivilWar #Veteran#WordsOfVeterans

( #HBD to #JCKaelin's #ElementarySchool #AlmaMater!)
#OTD #TDIH #December25, 1821: #BOTD: #HBD #ClaraBarton! #Nurses #Philanthropists #CivilRights #Activists #WomensSuffrage #AmericanCivilWar #FrancoPrussianWar #SpanishAmericanWar #RedCross #JohnstownFlood
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"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil." - Chester W. Nimitz

#SpanishAmericanWar #USNavy #USMilitary #MilitaryPeople #WordsOfVeterans

"You may fire when you are ready Gridley." - George Dewey

#CivilWar #USNavy #SpanishAmericanWar #Veteran #WordsOfVeterans

Here is a question that I have for you regarding #WW1 impacting the United States:

How likely is that the impact of the #SpanishAmericanWar was a factor in the initial neutrality of the United States during #WW1, as most Americans still remembered how controversial the Spanish-American War was?

"In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest." - William McKinley

#SpanishAmericanWar #AmericanCivilWar #USArmy #VeteranFamily #WordsOfVeterans

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#SpanishAmericanWar #Soldier #writingALetter #writingHome #Cantine #war #USWar #2ndRegiment #wallart

They invented team sports & men’s clubs to keep guys from becoming #Queer. They brought us #BoyScouts, #physed, #teamsports, the #YMCA, #misogyny & the #SpanishAmericanWar. The Y’s Rev. Frank Crane, was overjoyed about “the sudden growth of the tremendous war spirit in America”.

“It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.” - Frank Knox

#SecretaryOfTheNavy #SpanishAmericanWar #UnitedStatesArmy #VeteranFamily #WordsOfVeterans

“It is too late, now I wish I could live.” - John Buford

#AmericanSolidier #SpanishAmericanWar #CavalryOfficer #Veterans #WordsOfVeterans

"Only those who would be called upon to risk their lives for their country should have the privilege of voting to determine whether the nation should go to war." - Smedley D. Butler

#USMarineCorps #UnitedStatesMarineCorps #SpanishAmericanWar #Military #WordsOfVeterans

DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1033217 #Colorado #Denver #SpanishAmericanWar

Arly Pond's Remarkable Journey: From Baseball to Curing Leprosy in the Philippines. #SpanishAmericanWar #Orioles #Phillies #Leprosy #Philippines p