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San Juan Hill

American  

noun

  1. a hill in SE Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba: captured by U.S. forces in battle during the Spanish-American War in 1898.


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Theodore Roosevelt, “holding his sword and shouting for his men to follow him,” helped win the day at San Juan Hill, Cuba, a decisive battle in the war.

From Barron's

Theodore Roosevelt, “holding his sword and shouting for his men to follow him,” helped win the day at San Juan Hill, Cuba, a decisive battle in the war.

From Barron's

Volunteer Cavalry—the Rough Riders, who helped to secure an American victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898.

From The Wall Street Journal

The image of him and his Rough Riders charging up Cuba’s San Juan Hill became the Spanish-American War’s enduring image, but the orders he would give for operations in the Philippines would prove more consequential.

From The Wall Street Journal

I charged up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders and joined the doughboys over there.

From Washington Times