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Monument to the Maine’s Crew

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 30, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 59.

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Monument to the Maine’s Crew

A MONUMENT in memory of the members of the crew of the United States battleship “Maine,” who were killed when the ship was blown up in the harbor at Havana, in 1898, was started at Havana recently, to cost $100,000. The principal feature of the memorial, which will stand on a base sixteen feet high and will have a total height of sixty-seven feet, will be one of the “Maine’s” turrets and two of her guns. These relics were presented to the Cuban government by the American Congress. A staff will be placed on either side of the monument. The American flag will be hoisted on one of these, and the flag of the Cuban Republic on the other.