Smithsonian American Art Museum
Cane inscribed REMEMBER THE MAINE & OUR HEROES DEWEY, SCHLEY & HOBSON
Unidentified · after 1898
An unknown artist created this cane to memorialize the American battleship Maine, which was blown up in Havana Harbor, Cuba, in 1898. This incident inspired the slogan “Remember the Maine,” and started the Spanish-American War (Lynda Hartigan, Made with Passion, 1990). The names on the cane are those of Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley (1839-1911), and Lieutenant Richmond Pearson Hobson (1870-1937), all of whom served in the war.
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