So were here at the National Portrait gallery, and theres this. 1898 exhibit. Why is this here in chicago . What are we what are we trying to tell people with this one . Well, this is a very important exhibition. Its titled 18 1898 us imperialism, visions and revisions and it really marks a milestone in our efforts to shine a light on overlooked aspects of u. S. History that have been crucial to determine our present and that have been really unexamined. And so in this case, we are taking a look at the events that turned the United States into a world power in 1898. Those events were what u. S. Textbooks called the spanishamerican war, which my cocurator, kate clarke lemay, and i prefer to call the war of 1898, because that way we can consider other countries that were part of that conflict. Right. Not just the us and spain, but also guam, cuba, the philippines, puerto rico, the joint resolution to annex hawaii, which happens during the war of 1898 and the philippineamerican war, which
So were here at the National Portrait gallery, and theres this. 1898 exhibit. Why is this here in chicago . What are we what are we trying to tell people with this one . Well, this is a very important exhibition. Its titled 18 1898 us imperialism, visions and revisions and it really marks a milestone in our efforts to shine a light on overlooked aspects of u. S. History that have been crucial to determine our present and that have been really unexamined. And so in this case, we are taking a look at the events that turned the United States into a world power in 1898. Those events were what u. S. Textbooks called the spanishamerican war, which my cocurator, kate clarke lemay, and i prefer to call the war of 1898, because that way we can consider other countries that were part of that conflict. Right. Not just the us and spain, but also guam, cuba, the philippines, puerto rico, the joint resolution to annex hawaii, which happens during the war of 1898 and the philippineamerican war, which
So were here at the National Portrait gallery, and theres this. 1898 exhibit. Why is this here in chicago . What are we what are we trying to tell people with this one . Well, this is a very important exhibition. Its titled 18 1898 us imperialism, visions and revisions and it really marks a milestone in our efforts to shine a light on overlooked aspects of u. S. History that have been crucial to determine our present and that have been really unexamined. And so in this case, we are taking a look at the events that turned the United States into a world power in 1898. Those events were what u. S. Textbooks called the spanishamerican war, which my cocurator, kate clarke lemay, and i prefer to call the war of 1898, because that way we can consider other countries that were part of that conflict. Right. Not just the us and spain, but also guam, cuba, the philippines, puerto rico, the joint resolution to annex hawaii, which happens during the war of 1898 and the philippineamerican war, which
Well, this is a very important exhibition. Its titled 18 1898 us imperialism, visions and revisions and it really marks a milestone in our efforts to shine a light on overlooked aspects of u. S. History that have been crucial to determine our present and that have been really unexamined. And so in this case, we are taking a look at the events that turned the United States into a world power in 1898. Those events were what u. S. Textbooks called the spanishamerican war, which my cocurator, kate clarke lemay, and i prefer to call the war of 1898, because that way we can consider other countries that were part of that conflict. Right. Not just the us and spain, but also guam, cuba, the philippines, puerto rico, the joint resolution to annex hawaii, which happens during the war of 1898 and the philippineamerican war, which happens on the heels of the war of 1898. And as a consequence of the United States not recognizing the claims of independence, that for the philippines that Emilio Aguin
My name is Amanda Williams and it is my honor to lead the team here at the macarthur memorial. And i would like to extend a special welcome this morning to. Congressman bobby scott to city of norfolk mayor dr. Cooper, alexander philippine, consul general eric cruz, erebus Philippine Army attache arthur roman yost and Lieutenant General john agen. Dr. Cynthia romero. The chairman of the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. Max frias, Vice President , the Hampton Roads chapter of Filipino National Historical Society. Ric hurley, the director of the Virginia Association of museums colonel william davis, the executive director of the general Douglas Macarthur. Members of the general Douglas Macarthur Foundation Board and acting deputy city manager and military affairs liaison. Mr. Len ramirez, thank you all very much this morning for being with us. And we would also like to say that are very honored to be hosting the Filipino American veterans of Hampton Roads, color guar