"Remember the Maine" refers to what?

The Battleship USS Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor 15 February 1898. Cuba was in revolt against Spain and the Maine had been sent there to protect (U.S. interest). The Maine had been in the harbor for only 3 weeks when she suddenly exploded and sank. Popular opinion was that the ship had been blown up by Spain. Publisher William Randolph Hearst coined the phrase "Remember the Maine! To Hell with Spain!". This rallying cry caught on, and the U.S. ended up declaring war on Spain. A Navy board of inquiry appointed by President McKinley, concluded that a mine had been used to destroy the ship. However, later it was deemed more likely that an internal magazine explosion was the real cause. In 1911 the ship was patched, raised, and towed out of Havana harbor to deeper water, where it was sunk again.

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littledick

Now some of the powers that be would have us "remember 911", as justification for our partcipation in all these Middle East wars, despite the fact that, I believe,all of the highjackers were Saudis, citizens of our supposed ally, Saudi Arabia.

Stephen Forest

I remember the Maine...

Irene Townsend

Never heard of it but seems to be the logical answer 'remember the Maine', no reason to remember a football match, a state or a election so from those choices choose a warship made sense

littledick

Fred Keogh, And "remember Pearl Harbor".

Andy the educated troglodyte

L Lh Adams, either you or your nephew is a liar

Suzanne Beer

Didn’t know..

Annie

Got it. My thanks to history teachers and professors!

Emm Yo

As usual predator USA was trying to protect its "interests" Cuba. In other words it was an invasion.

fdeisner

Growing up my best friend's father was a collector of or artifacts dating back to the Civil War. It was like a small Museum . He had a certified flag from the battleship Maine. That's how I knew the answer

Corey Taylor

James Webb, Yes, but who supplied the U.S. with the WMD fake news? Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein! And he paid the ultimate price for his terrorism.

jack patti go

Got it!

L Lh Adams

James Webb, You Liberals cannot stop parroting your mantras,can you? My Nephew was in Iraq and had the job of rounding up weapons and disarming them. He said that Scud missiles were found,so there were WMDs there before and after the war.