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San Juan Hill   /sæn wɑn hɪl/   Listen
San Juan Hill

noun
1.
A hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War.






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"San juan hill" Quotes from Famous Books



... to say to the American white government from every pulpit and platform and through every newspaper, 'Yes, we are loyal and patriotic. Boston Common, Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, Fort Pillow, Appomattox, San Juan Hill and Carrizal will testify to our loyalty. While we love our flag and country, we do not believe in fighting for the protection of commerce on the high seas until the powers that be give us at least some verbal assurance that ...
— Negro Migration during the War • Emmett J. Scott

... its name from the San Juan Hill or hills—I do not know whether the name properly belonged to a line of hills or to ...
— Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

... on their own race. He could hardly say otherwise in view of the splendid support given by those two regiments that—such is, and will continue to be the verdict of history, saved him and his "Rough Riders" from annihilation at San Juan Hill. ...
— History of the American Negro in the Great World War • W. Allison Sweeney

... from the New World and one from the Old, who loved each other, but had been separated during life by the calls of duty, were united in death; for they buried the young New-Mexican close beside his Spanish cousin, and the grasses of San Juan Hill wave above ...
— "Forward, March" - A Tale of the Spanish-American War • Kirk Munroe



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