[dainbramaged]

My great grandmother's second husband (she outlived four) was a Fireman 1st Class aboard the USS Boston at the Battle of Manila Bay. I used to have his tin cup from the ship but donated it to a veterans museum - my mother kept clothespins in it for 50 years.
He's buried about 30 miles from here and the VFW puts a flag on his grave every year.

[Antoninus]

I used to have his tin cup from the ship but donated it to a veterans museum - my mother kept clothespins in it for 50 years.

How cool is that? Did it say USS Boston on it, by chance?