Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish American War which came to an end in December of 1898. Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish ...

Blaming the country that controlled Cuba, the United States on April 25 declared war against Spain. U.S. troops then prepared to descend on an island where tropical diseases would prove to be ...

On March 17, 1898, Vermont Senator Redfield Proctor (1831-1908) delivered one of the most significant speeches of the Spanish-American War era. After an observation visit to Cuba, Senator Proctor ...

On February 15, 1898, a mysterious explosion destroyed the American battleship Maine in Havana Harbor and helped propel the United States into a war with Spain. The USS Maine was in Cuba ...