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The first challenge arrived with Spain's declaration of war on April 24, 1898. Despite the best efforts of Brig. Gen. Greely, the Signal Corps was then a small, far-flung group of eight officers ...
By November 1927, a small patch of land at the southern-most end of the Brunswick Mall had been set aside for a monument to the local men who served in the Spanish-American War. On this parcel ...
A 2024 study estimated 698,000 soldiers died, more than in any other American war, highlighting the immense human cost of keeping the states united. Spanish-American War (1898) — 2,446 deaths ...
American soldiers hoist a flag on Aug. 13, 1898, at Fort Malate during the Spanish-American War. This short but pivotal 1898 conflict marked the United States' emergence as a global power.
Travel back to 1898 with the History Seekers as we explore a long-forgotten U.S. military training camp from the Spanish-American War. Once home to future legends like Teddy Roosevelt and the ...
A video released Wednesday by Wichita police gives a first look at the damage done to the priceless Spanish-American War cannon stolen from Central Riverside Park last month and dragged behind an ...
In this special History Seekers collaboration, we team up with Brandon from Adventure Archaeology to uncover relics at a Spanish-American War military camp. With Brandon swinging the Garrett AT ...
A low-level drug dealer stole an 800-pound cannon that was used in the Spanish American War from a Kansas park last week to settle a debt with his deranged boss, who was threatening to murder him ...
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.
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 ...
A Spanish-American War cannon was stolen from the memorial at Central Riverside Park in Wichita. Police later found it damaged and arrested a man.