1899–1902 · Philippines · War

Philippine-American War

The war that followed the Spanish one, when Filipinos who had fought Spain for independence found themselves fighting America instead.

4,196 United States dead
3,180 held on this memorial
How It Began

Fighting broke out outside Manila on 4 February 1899, months after Spain ceded the islands to the United States for twenty million dollars without consulting the Filipinos who lived there.

Men held here from this war
All 3,180 of them →
In Our Keeping
Years 1899–1902
Fought at Philippines
Kind War
Held here 3,180 men and women
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