This mortar, cast in Sevilla, Spain in 1780, was captured by victorious U.S. forces in Santiago, Cuba during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Can you guess its current location? Last week's bell is historically tied to the same conflict. Now displayed outside Building 29 near the Henderson Hall flagpole, it was once installed on the U.S.S. Terror, an iron-hulled warship that saw combat near Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War. If you have the answer to this week's trivia photo, contact the Pentagram editor at brent.s.wucher.civ@mail.mil.
This mortar, cast in Sevilla, Spain, in 1780, was captured by victorious U.S. forces in Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War in 1898. Can you guess its current location? Last week’s bell is historically tied to the same conflict. Now displayed outside Building 29 near the Henderson Hall flagpole, it was once installed on the U.S.S. Terror, an iron-hulled warship that saw combat near Cuba and Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War. If you have the answer to this week’s trivia photo, contact the Pentagram editor at brent.s.wucher.civ@mail.mil.