San Juan Hill

La Loma de San Sjuan

Looks just as I remembered it during my many visits there as a child. Good memories. Another must visit when in Santiago de Cuba.

interesting park for the history it represents

the final battle of the Cuban-Spanish war was at this hill, and many of the original trenches and other fortifications have been preserved, It is free to enter and worth a visit if the 19th century hi...

A little bit of history

San Juan Hill, putatively where Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders to victory over the Spanish, is a pretty small hill. It's also NOT where TR led the RR, but an adjacent hill. Nevertheless, there...

History Lovers Must See

San Juan Hill? If you love history and the Spanish-American War is of interest, you gotta go here. Teddy Roosevelt, Rough riders, etc. Dis is da place. :-}

The Rough Riders were here

This is an historic site but not scintillating. We learned that the Cubans see the war not just as the Spanish-American War but at the Spanish-Cuban-American war. Indeed it did involve Cuba. Sounds...