Remember the Maine

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1. A slogan of the Spanish-American War. The United States battleship Maine mysteriously exploded and sank in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, in 1898. Stirred up by the yellow press (see yellow journalism), the American public blamed the sinking on Spain, which then owned Cuba. President William McKinley, who had opposed war, yielded to public pressure and asked Congress to declare war.

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Remember the Maine

Will the cry "Remember the Maine" quiet down?

From Time Magazine Archive

Bronston's status is so high in Madrid at the moment that he could probably make a picture there called Remember the Maine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sirs: Those of us who away back in 1898 "Remember the Maine" wince every time we now hear "Remember Pearl Harbor."

From Time Magazine Archive

Scarcely two months later, the U.S. declared war on Spain, and one of its battle cries was "Remember the Maine!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the signal of the "Olympia," "Remember the Maine," and the answering signal of the "Brooklyn," "The Maine is avenged and Cuba is free," can be seen flying from their yards.

From Thirteen Chapters of American History represented by the Edward Moran series of Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings by Sutro, Theodore