[Antoninus]

An important event in US history that's nearly forgotten today.

This is quite a long article, so I'm just posting the first half here. If you have the wherewithal to read the whole thing, it may be found at the link above. If you prefer a summary version, here's a video. :-)

An eye-witness account of the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898

[morphing libertarian]

Bkmrk

[ealgeone]

We couldn't do this today. The NYT or Compost would have exposed our fleet's arrival.

They would have then condemned our aggressive, militaristic actions and probably considered them racist.

[dainbramaged]

My great grandmother's second husband (she outlived three) was a Fireman First Class aboard the U.S.S. Boston at the Battle of Manila Bay.
He is buried about 25 miles from where I'm sitting and the VFW plants a flag on his grave every year. His name was Otto Alexander Borst.
I used to have his tin cup marked "USN" but donated it to a museum years ago - my mother kept clothespins in it for 50 years.