COMMODORE DEWEY MONUMENT
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Monuments
Year Dedicated: 1901
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: KAREN KEY
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL THIRTIETH 1898 COMMODORE DEWEY’S SQUADRON ENTERED MANILA BAY AND UNDAUNTED BY THE DANGER OF SUBMERGED EXPLOSIVES REACHED MANILA AT DAWN OF MAY FIRST 1898. ATTACKED AND DESTROYED THE SPANISH FLEET OF TEN WAR SHIPS. REDUCED THE FORTS AND HELD THE CITY IN SUBJECTION UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM AMERICA.
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