A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 6, 1899, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain was ratified by the U.S. Senate; the treaty ended the ...
African-Americans in the Spanish Civil War”, explains the unknown work of the men who defended the rights denied to them in their own country. James Yates was an African-American who decided to ...
Meanwhile, troops stationed away from the fighting also faced danger. When the Spanish-American War was declared, thousands of U.S. volunteers entered training camps in the southeastern United States.
Troops on the march, Spanish American War. Artist Glackens, William J., 1870-1938. Library of Congress Congress approved President McKinley's request for a declaration of war on April 25 ...