Today is one of those great days in Lateeno history. On Feb 6th 1899, the U.S. senate ratified a peace treaty ending the Spanish American War. This fluke of a war had been started by an unexpected mechanical failure on the USS Maine and by heavy propaganda from newspapers in America(the USS Maine had a boiler explosion and over 200 Americans died). U.S. President William Mckinley demanded that Spain grant Cuba its Independence, Spain refused and there begun the end of Spains strong hold. What came out of all this was Cuba gaining its Independence (minus Guantanamo bay), while Puerto Rico, Guam and Philippines were under U.S. control. As I sit here writing this I can't help but wonder what were the chances that the boiler on this ship (USS Maine) would of exploded in Havana, Cuba causing the spark for the Spanish American War. Regardless of how it all came about we can be thankful for its ending.
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