One hundred years ago next February, the USS Maine, moored in Havana Harbor, blew up mysteriously, killing 226 sailors and providing the impetus for the Spanish American War. Now, with Key West ...

The USS Maine was an unremarkable warship in its short existence. ... On Aug. 14, 1914, a memorial that included the bow anchor of the Maine was dedicated in Reading’s City Park.

The aft, or rear, mast of the USS Maine had been removed from the sunken ship during salvage operations and arrived in 1912 in Arlington, where it was installed on a granite base for the memorial ...

Cuba Restores Memorial to USS Maine. Sam LaGrone. February 15, 2013 10:16 AM. A period engraving of the original USS Maine monument in Havana, Cuba.

All 16 Sailors will be memorialized on a group marker in section 46 of the cemetery, which is between the amphitheater and the USS Maine Mast memorial. USS Monitor Interment Open to the Public ...

Souvenir bell from the Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York, in 1901 purportedly made of brass taken from the USS Maine. The explosion of the Maine in Havana Harbor in Feb. 1898 was a ...

On Feb. 15, 1898, the island of Cuba was embroiled in a vicious war for Cuban independence and the American battleship “USS Maine was sent to protect American interests.” ...