In 1898, the U.S. was building an empire. D.C.'s National Portrait Gallery digs in – Repeating Islands : vimarsana.com

A report by Carolina Miranda for The Los Angeles Times. The imperial stage There are years so formative to U.S. history that simply naming them can evoke large-scale historical events: 1619, 1776, 1865. It would be a good idea to add 1898 to that list: That’s the year the U.S. battleship Maine sankin Havana Harbor — likely due to…

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