4 Things only an 90s Kid will Remember

President McKinley sent the USS Maine to Havana during the Cuban war of independence in 1895. The Maine exploded killing 260 Americans, giving us the war cry "Remember the Maine"

Queen Liliaokalani was overthrown by a US coup in 1893, leading to the annexation of Hawai'i into the US in 1898.

Theodore Roosevelt lead the famous charge on San Juan Hill, turning the tide of the Spanish American War into a US victory. The Rough Riders were men from all over the nation from all different sorts of backgrounds.

Poem given to Theodore Roosevelt by Rudyard Kipling describing the need for the US to expand its global interests to protect and civilize the non-Europeans in the world.