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Baltimore Publishers Circus Civil War Comic Composers Costume Dance Drinking, Temperance, Smoking Eighteenth Century Fire Fraternal Orders Highspots Illustrators Juvenile Lafayette Lind, Jenny Liturgical Lyricists Maritime Mexican War Military Minstrels Money Music Stores and Publishers Musical Comedies and Operettas Patriotic Penny Song Sheets Postal Service Presidents Romantic and Sentimental Schools and Colleges Songsters Spanish-American War Sports Stage and Screen Personalities Transportation War of 1812 World War I	SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Box 86 (85 items) This event lasted for such a comparatively short time that one might think it unworthy of a separate category, but the sinking of the battleship Maine drove the country to nationwide rage. The Spanish-American War had its battles and its heroes and the composers seized the opportunity to bring them to the front. The Rough Riders and Theodore Roosevelt were soon on the road to national and world prominence. This short war sparked a song that was languishing until the soldiers and sailors took it up as their shout of victory, "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight!" Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines were free and so were the hearts of their and our countrymen. << Back \| Next >>

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Baltimore Publishers Circus Civil War Comic Composers Costume Dance Drinking, Temperance, Smoking Eighteenth Century Fire Fraternal Orders Highspots Illustrators Juvenile Lafayette Lind, Jenny Liturgical Lyricists Maritime Mexican War Military Minstrels Money Music Stores and Publishers Musical Comedies and Operettas Patriotic Penny Song Sheets Postal Service Presidents Romantic and Sentimental Schools and Colleges Songsters Spanish-American War Sports Stage and Screen Personalities Transportation War of 1812 World War I	SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Box 86 (85 items) This event lasted for such a comparatively short time that one might think it unworthy of a separate category, but the sinking of the battleship Maine drove the country to nationwide rage. The Spanish-American War had its battles and its heroes and the composers seized the opportunity to bring them to the front. The Rough Riders and Theodore Roosevelt were soon on the road to national and world prominence. This short war sparked a song that was languishing until the soldiers and sailors took it up as their shout of victory, "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight!" Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines were free and so were the hearts of their and our countrymen. << Back \| Next >>

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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR