ready to defend their trench line “until their regiment is mustered out.” Rapid fire arms proved their worth during the Spanish-American War. The invasion of Guantanamo Bay saw the first ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

The clip-clop of horse hooves, the bang of a cannon and the music melodies of the 1800s were heard at Theodore Roosevelt ...

The Spanish-American War, and the subsequent Philippine-American ... World War I saw the introduction of trench warfare, new equipment like the tank and machine gun, the use of the airplane ...

The sickening slaughter was picked up by the American ... Spanish dead.” Untold indigenous died in the “freeing” of Cuba…not to mention Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The war ...

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Clevelanders were active, enthusiastic supporters of U.S. foreign policy as practiced by Ohioans Pres. Wm. McKinley, Secretary of State Wm. R. Day, and his successor, JOHN HAY.

April 21, 1898 marks the beginning of the Spanish-American War. President William McKinley ordered a naval blockade of Cuba 125 years ago as diplomatic relations between the United States and ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A cannon that was part of Wichita’s Spanish-American War Memorial went missing from Central Riverside Park on Thursday. It was later found damaged. The 800-pound cannon ...

the Spanish-American War lasted just a few months. The U.S. quickly defeated Spanish forces in Cuba and the Philippines. Though fewer than 400 American soldiers died in combat, disease claimed ...