Q. During the Spanish American War, Miamians thought Spaniards would ____________.

In February of 1898 the battleship “Maine” was blown up the harbor of Havana. The insurrection in Cuba put the young city of Miami on high-alert. Roughly 7000 men, all volunteers, were stationed in ‘Camp Miami’ and were prepared to fight.

 

(Tents during the Spanish American War, Florida. [ca. 1910.] Credit: Historical Museum of Southern Florida. )