todaysdocument: Burial services of sailors recovered from the Battleship Maine, held at the south end of the State, War, and Navy Department Building, March 23, 1912. Washington, DC. 3/23/1912 Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. National Archives Identifier: 513477 The victim of a mysterious explosion on February 15, 1898, the USS Maine sank in Havana harbor with 260 of her crew, and hastened the start of the Spanish-American War. In 1912 the ship was raised in order to recover the bodies of the crewmen and clear the wreckage from the harbor. Read More about the legacy of the USS Maine at Prologue…

todaysdocument: Burial services of sailors recovered from the Battleship Maine, held at the south end of the State, War, and Navy Department Building, March 23, 1912. Washington, DC. 3/23/1912 Records of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital. National Archives Identifier: 513477 The victim of a mysterious explosion on February 15, 1898, the USS Maine sank in Havana harbor with 260 of her crew, and hastened the start of the Spanish-American War. In 1912 the ship was raised in order to recover the bodies of the crewmen and clear the wreckage from the harbor. Read More about the legacy of the USS Maine at Prologue…