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Cuban Battlefields of the Spanish-Cuban-American War

Cannon from Reina Mercedes at San Juan Heights

Cannon from Reina Mercedes at San Juan Heights

Date: March 9-15, 2005

Description: This gun, from the Spanish ship Reina Mercedes, is now part of the memorials on San Juan Heights. The guns were removed from the ship and used by the Spanish to defend the approaches to Santiago during the war. A gun like this shelled U.S. troops after they took San Juan Heights