Veteran's of the Spanish American War Today: A little more patriotic than I think they should be....

THIS IS THE WEBSITE RIGHT HEREEEEEE

Believe it or not, the Spanish American War still is prevalent today. Even though it's not covered on major broadcasting networks, people still feel strongly about the subject. Proof: the website linked above. This site dedicated to sons of veterans of the war, instills a full force patriotic feel about the matter. After perusing their various ideals, I was actually a little shocked. I personally didn't think we brought freedom to the Cubans, or that we brought great humanity and happiness to the Philippines (we did fight their people at one point if I'm not mistaken). It saddens  me that people feel it necessary to sugar-coat the horrible truth, and make a current generation feel proud of something terrible their forefathers did. It's a little ridiculous if you ask me.

Spanish American War Cartoon

In this Spanish political cartoon, the artist depicts Uncle Sam in a mocking fashion so as to dis the
USA. Now this translation may not be completely spot on, (seeing as it's in Catalan, a dialect of Spanish) but the caption appears to be saying "Save the island, because it's lost." The Spanish public seemed to have viewed the Americans as greedy, because they depicted Uncle Same as gathering the Caribbean with a demonic gaze. They also make the USA have a superior arrogance, because they describe the island as "lost" or in my interpretation, without direction, exactly what the US felt Cuba was without someone else governing them.