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hauptspritzer	Remember the Maine!	Lead	[-]
Posts: 132 (02/15/09 6:03 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None on this date 111 years ago the USS Maine exploded killing 265 of her crew, escalating the US into a war with Spain. "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. "- Thomas Jefferson Charlie... Last Edited By: hauptspritzer 02/15/09 6:07 PM. Edited 1 time.
zimzim65	Teddy Roosvelt-San Juan Hill	#1	[-]
Posts: 249 (05/21/09 8:05 PM) Active Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Impression is that the Maine Explodes, then Teddy Roosvelt Charges up San Juan Hill and the war is over. However, that's when we(the US) take over the Phillipines.
AlleyOop007		#2	[-]
Posts: 1248 (05/21/09 8:36 PM) Contributing Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	zimzim65 wrote: Impression is that the Maine Explodes, then Teddy Roosvelt Charges up San Juan Hill and the war is over. However, that's when we(the US) take over the Phillipines. Don't forget Puerto Rico and Guam. They became U.S. possessions under the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish American War and remain U.S. Territories to this day. AlleyOop007 NRA Life Member since 1969 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
AlleyOop007		#3	[-]
Posts: 1249 (05/21/09 8:39 PM) Contributing Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	AlleyOop007 wrote: zimzim65 wrote: Impression is that the Maine Explodes, then Teddy Roosvelt Charges up San Juan Hill and the war is over. However, that's when we(the US) take over the Phillipines. Don't forget Puerto Rico and Guam. They became U.S. possessions (along with the Philippines) under the Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish American War and remain U.S. Territories to this day. AlleyOop007 NRA Life Member since 1969 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "History does not entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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