On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

Theodore Roosevelt lobbies hard to be named Assistant Secretary of the Navy. When the US battleship Maine blows up in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, and McKinley finally declares war against ...

Chunky Captain Elliott Roosevelt of the Air Corps was in Texas when war came, studying navigation ... that their distant cousin, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, son of the 26th President of the ...

On May 15,1898, Theodore Roosevelt resigned his post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt, who had once said, "I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one", left ...

Challenges “Lose no time coming” was the message to Theodore Roosevelt as President McKinley lay dying from ... However, as he knew from first-hand experience fighting in Cuba during the War of 1898, ...

Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City to glass importer ... During the Spanish- American War, Roosevelt left his position as assistant secretary of the Navy to be Commander of the First U.S.

Theodore Roosevelt became a national hero after leading a voluntary cavalry, the Rough Riders, in the Spanish-American War. After, the former assistant naval secretary served as New York governor ...

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic ... 1st United States Volunteer Calvary during the Spanish-American War. Roosevelt served as second in command, and it was after the addition ...

The aircraft carrier and its support ships spent several months in the Pacific before supporting anti-Houthi operations around Yemen. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Sep 14, 2024 The USS Theodore ...