Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade
Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade
3.2 Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade
1898, 1 m
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On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a welcome from the people and to fire a salute of victory in sight of the tomb of the great soldier-hero of another war [Ulysses Grant].