Encrusted Bugle
date: label: date made
content: before 1898
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Oxidized metal bugle.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This bugle was salvaged from the wreck of the USS <i>Maine</i>.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: USS <i>Maine</i> was a second-class battleship built between 1888 and 1895. It was sent to Havana, Cuba, in January 1898 to protect American interests during the native revolt against the Spanish government. On the evening of February 15, 1898, the <i>Maine</i> sank when its forward gunpowder magazines exploded. Nearly three-quarters of the battleship's crew died. American popular opinion blamed the Spanish for the sinking of the <i>Maine</i> and war followed within a few months. In 1912 the <i>Maine</i>'s wreck was raised to clear the harbor and to facilitate an investigation into the cause of the sinking. The remains were subsequently scuttled in deep waters north of Havana.
place: label: used
content: Cuba: La Habana, Havana
topic: label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Spanish-American War
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Navy Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.31188
label: accession number
content: 66761
label: catalog number
content: 31188
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bugle
label: Other Terms
content: bugle; Bugle Fragment; Navy
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 14 in x 2 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 35.56 cm x 6.35 cm