Name/Title
Anchor over Victims of USS MAINE, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.Entry/Object ID
0000.01.0048Description
Postcard depicting a sailor, a wreath, and an anchor. The caption reads, ‘Anchor over Victims of U.S.S. Maine, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.’ The description on the verso reads, ‘A large anchor marks the last resting place of 163 men of the crew of the U.S.S. Maine, which was blown up February 15, 1898, in the harbor of Havana, Cuba, from where their bodies were brought and reinterred in the Spanish-American War section of Arlington National Cemetery on December 28, 1899.’Subject Place
City
ArlingtonState/Province
VirginiaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCollection
Postcard CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication