The monument to 1930.
The monument to the victims of the Maine was built in 1926 in El Vedado, Havana, Cuba, in honor of the sailors who died in the explosion of the American ship Maine in 1898, which served as a pretext for the United States to declare the war to Spain and begin to seize its colonies taking advantage of the full Hispanic economic depression. The battleship had arrived in Havana three weeks before its outbreak at the request of the American consul Fitzhugh Lee.
This monument stands in El Vedado very close to Línea and Malecón. Built in 1926, an American eagle whose wings were extended vertically crowned its dome, which caused a cyclone to damage the monument, later placing the eagle with horizontal wings.
He also had three busts of American politicians: William McKinley, who corresponded to declare war on Spain; Leonard Wood, first interventor on the Island, and Theodore Roosevelt, the president.
On January 18, 1961, after the Cuban Revolution, the eagle was ordered to retire, as well as the statues of the American politicians, remaining in their current state. The following legend was added:
"To the victims of El Maine who were sacrificed by the imperialist voracity in their eagerness to seize the island of Cuba. February 1898-February 1961. " The monument today
Other monuments are located in the United States, among others, in: Columbus Circle, New York; Key West, Florida, Arlington and Annapolis. (See USS Maine: Memorials (in English))
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