r/AmericanEmpire • u/mrnastymannn • 2d ago
Image General L. W. Colby of Nebraska State Troops with Zintkala Nuni - a survivor of the wounded knee massacre and personal war trophy. 1890
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/defrays • Nov 12 '22
Announcement r/AmericanEmpire has now re-opened as a community for sharing and discussing images, videos, articles and questions pertaining to the American colonial empire.
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There's not much here now but you can expect to see regular submissions from here on out.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/FieldVoid • Sep 22 '24
Article The hidden story of Native tribes who outsmarted Bacon’s Rebellion
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/FieldVoid • Jun 20 '24
Article A Notorious Photograph From a US Massacre in the Philippines Reveals an Ugly Truth
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Apr 25 '24
Image USS Indiana (BB-1) in New York Harbor during the Spanish-American War victory naval review. Date: August 20-21, 1898
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Feb 07 '24
Image U.S. Marines were present at the Hawaiian annexation ceremonies on August 12, 1898.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Sep 06 '23
Image The 14th Ohio National Guard march through downtown along East Broad Street on the way to Camp Bushnell. The troops fought in the Spanish American war.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Aug 30 '23
Image American soldiers of the 339th Infantry during the Polar Bear Expedition (1919).
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 26 '23
Image Landing force from the USS Olympia (C-6) put ashore at Archangel on 3 August 1918 as part of the A.E.F. during the Intervention in Russia.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 25 '23
Image USS Olympia, Cruiser No. 6, shows off her new bow ornament in Boston late in 1901
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 24 '23
Image After the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in January 1893, the United States was considering annexing Hawaii. In the late 1890s, American political cartoons illustrated manifest destiny, or America's geopolitical and colonial expansion.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 22 '23
Image U.S. Navy protected cruiser, USS Raleigh (C 8), Spanish-Gun Captured during the Battle of Manila Bay. Detroit Publishing Company, 1890-1912. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/03/25).
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 21 '23
Image Admiral Dewey at the Battle of Manila" Contemporary colored print depicting Commodore George Dewey on the bridge of his flagship, USS Olympia, during the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Collection of C.J. Dutreaux.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 20 '23
Image On August 13th 1898, the Utah Artillery supported Greene's brigade as it attacked towards the old city of Manila.The Utah batteries fired and re-deployed several times providing close and accurate support for the attacks.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 17 '23
Image Three samples of the uniform worn by African-American cavalry during the US-Spanish War of 1898.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 15 '23
Image Uncle Sam gets first dibs on the "oyster sandwiches," or Hawaii, before Japan and other countries. This cartoon appeared when the United States was deciding whether to annex Hawaii as an American territory.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 13 '23
Image 1898 US Political Cartoon. US President William McKinley is shown holding the Philippines, depicted as a savage child, as the world looks on. The implied options for McKinley are to keep the Philippines, or give it back to Spain, which the cartoon compares to throwing a child off a cliff.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 12 '23
Image Internal Revenue Stamps of the Philippine Island 1930-1937 printed by the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving for used in the Philippines under US Administration.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Jul 11 '23
Image US Welcome for 2nd Philippine delegation for Independence from the US 1921: Photo shows left to right: Resident Commissioner Jaime de Veyra, Senate President Manuel L. Quezon, Possibly Governor-General Leonard Wood, Speaker Sergio Osmeña and Resident Commissioner Isauro Gabaldón. 1921
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/_RoyalMajesty_ • Apr 15 '23
Video Today Hawaii is a fully incorporated US territory, but it was acquired in a pretty darn imperialistic way.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/defrays • Apr 13 '23
Image Igorot people imported from the Philippines for display at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition - 1904
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/defrays • Mar 22 '23
Image American soldiers in the Philippine-American War - c. 1899
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Feb 28 '23
Image Men of the 28th Bomb Squadron pose with a B-10B at Nichols Field, the Philippines, 1938
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/JoukovDefiant • Feb 08 '23
Image Wounded Spanish prisoners at Brigade hospital on San Juan Hill, Cuba, July 3, 1898., 07-03-1898 - NARA - 533438.
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r/AmericanEmpire • u/mrnastymannn • Feb 02 '23
Image The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed in 1848 ends the Mexican-American War, as the US gains California, as well as most of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado from Mexico, and the Rio Grande becomes the boundary between the 2 countries.
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