According to Deseret News accounts, “there were the Rough Riders, veterans of the Spanish American War, who came to see their old commander, Theodore Roosevelt, as he spoke at the City-County ...

Join the History Seekers as we venture into the deep woods to uncover a forgotten Spanish-American War military camp. Using Minelab Equinox 800, Equinox 600, and XP Deus detectors, we unearthed a rare ...

On Feb. 15, 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine exploded in Havana harbor, killing 260 crewmen and leading to a U.S. declaration of war against Spain.

Congress approved President McKinley's request for a declaration of war on April 25, 1898; yet the Spanish-American War was the culmination of decades of pressure toward U.S. expansionism.

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 a… ...

A Spanish-American War cannon was stolen from the memorial at Central Riverside Park in Wichita. ... News tips? email at [email protected] or call 316-268-6213.

In 1962, the annual Veterans Day parade in Lancaster had three special guests — Fairfield County men who had fought in the Spanish-American War. The first veteran was Roy Samuel Hughey, who was ...

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.

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 ...

Among its unique features is an intricate filigree design of the Spanish king’s seal hand-carved into its muzzle. This 2007 photo shows the Spanish American War cannon before it was chopped up.

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 ...