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Watching: Close View of the 'Brooklyn,' Naval Parade

4.4•1898-09-20•1 min

Overview

On Saturday morning, August 20, 1898, six grim battleships of Admiral Sampson's Squadron sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson to receive a welcome from the people and to fire a salute of victory in sight of the tomb of the great soldier-hero of another war [Ulysses Grant].