Admiral Dewey Banner
name: label: depicted
content: Dewey, George
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Blue, white, and red banner with an image of Admiral Dewey in center of white stripe, surrounded by laurels. “Admiral Dewey” in banner among the laurels, American flag, and a navy fleet admiral’s flag. “The Hero” in top blue stripe. “Of Manila” in bottom red stripe.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Admiral George Dewey commanded the U.S. Navy’s Asiatic Squadron based in Hong Kong in 1898 when the United States declared war on Spain. Ordered to sail to Manila and capture or destroy the Spanish fleet there, he engaged the Spanish in Manila Bay on the morning of May 1 and completely destroyed it by noon, without a single loss of American life. The Battle of Manila Bay was one of two major American naval victories in the Spanish-American War. The complete rout ended any threat from the Spanish naval forces. All major Spanish ships were destroyed or captured, without any significant damage to American forces. The battle is perhaps best known as the occasion when Dewey uttered one of the most famous statements in American naval history: “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.” Captain Charles Gridley was the commander of the USS <i>Olympia.</i>
place: label: referenced
content: Philippines: Manila, Manila
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
label: related event
content: Spanish-American War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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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: Mrs. Arnold Miles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58669-N
label: accession number
content: 232332
label: catalog number
content: 58669-N
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 26 in; 58.42 cm x 66.04 cm