U.S.S. Maine Memorial

The U.S.S. Maine was destroyed in Havana Harbor on February 15th 1898. From 1898 to 1902, volunteers from Lancaster County served in the Spanish American War. In memory of those volunteers, General Wm. S. McCaskey Camp United Spanish War Veterans and the City and County of Lancaster erected this memorial. A powder tank donated by the U.S. Navy Department was recovered from the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor, and the cannon and cannon balls were donated by the U.S. War Department under authority of a special Act of Congress. It was dedicated July 4, 1913, and its tablet was cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. Maine.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania · United States