On this day in history, April 20, 1898, the 25th president, William McKinley, went to Congress to ask for declaration of war on Spain in defense of Cuba, which had been battling Spain.

THE INSURRECTION IN CUBA.; REINFORCEMENTS SENT FROM SPAIN THE SITUATION AT THE SEAT OF WAR. Share full article. Nov. 27, 1879. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

1895-98 - Jose Marti leads a second war of independence; US declares war on Spain. 1898 - Cuba is ceded to the US after US victory in the Spanish-American War.

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On February 15, 1898, — 125 years ago — the armored cruiser USS Maine was destroyed in an immense explosion in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. Approximately 355 American sailors and marines died ...