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Trancript_A_Letter_To_Garcia.doc
In 1895, Garcia Y“iniguez Calixto, a lawyer and general in the Cuban army, took command of the insurrection against Spanish rule. Three years later, the sinking of the Main in Havana harbor started the Spanish-American war. President McKinley composed a message of support to Garcia, and was advised that US Army leftenant Andrew S. Rowan could be relied upon to deliver the message. Rowan accepted with a “consider-it-done“ attitude, completing the mission that arguably was key to the eventual outcome of Spain“s defeat.
The story was written in less than an hour after the author“s son, Bert, commented at the diner table on Washington“s birthday 1899, that Rowan was the real hero of the Cuban War, having "gone alone and done the thing--carried the message to Garcia."
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