On this day in 1956, Memphis officially dedicated the Spanish War Memorial Park, home to a bronze statue known as "The Hiker.

Those passing by may see it at the intersection of Dalrymple Drive and Broussard Street but few pay it much attention. It's a painted concrete structure, nautical in style, strange in placement. Is it ...

Discover key resources and expert tips for researching Southeast Missouri veterans from the Spanish-American War through ...

125 years ago in 1898, coverage of local involvement in the Spanish-American War continued with this headline and printing of a letter from the war, taken directly from the Youngstown Vindicator: ...

There is a uniqueness to the story of Harry Durst that cannot be easily emulated in fiction. A young man who dropped out of school, he went on to become a respected attorney but suffered the tragedy ...

Thousands of Montana soldiers fought in the Philippine-American War, something most people in the state know nothing about. On Feb. 15, 1898, the American battleship USS Maine exploded in Cuba’s ...

One doesn't hear much about the Spanish American War except for Teddy Roosevelt's "Roughriders." However, one of Woodbury's distinguished citizens participated in that war. Rear Admiral Samuel ...

A 360-degree view of the Spanish American War Memorial in Baton Rouge's City Park. The monument also is called the U.S.S. Louisiana Monument, because its centerpiece is the 8-foot, brass figurehead of ...

This is the last installment of the biographies of Foxboro’s Spanish-American War veterans. To recap, it was found that participants in this war were never recognized with a plaque or official ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Image on file. THEO R K(illegible)SON SC GORHAM CO FOUNDERS (On cross-shaped plaque on front of base:) (top:) CUBA (bottom:) U.S.A. (one one side:) ...

Army National Military Cemeteries (ANMC) is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit in the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room, featuring a rare artifact from the USS Maine. The U.S. Navy ship ...

The Revolutionary War found the American colonies in a desperate struggle for independence against one of the great superpowers of the 18th century, the British Empire. America found help in ...