Remember the Maine
by John Haldane
Title
Remember the Maine
Artist
John Haldane
Medium
Mixed Media - Creative Art
Description
The USS Maine, commissioned in 1895, was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine. The Maine is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana Harbor on the evening of 15 February 1898. Sent to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain, she exploded suddenly without warning and sank quickly, killing nearly three-quarters of her crew. The cause and responsibility for her sinking remained unclear after a board of inquiry. Nevertheless, popular opinion in the U.S., fanned by inflammatory articles printed in the "Yellow Press" by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, blamed Spain. The phrase "Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain!" became a rallying cry for action, which came with the Spanish-American War later that year. This image is out of a family Bible and was lithographed originally in 1897. It has been restored of damage and recreated here.
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