Admiral George Dewey, the "Hero of Manila," Parade Banner

Admiral George Dewey, the "Hero of Manila," Parade Banner

Admiral George Dewey depicted; Unknown

1898


Parade banner, 23 x 26 in. Wood frame, under glass. Red, White and Blue lithographed cotton.  Striped kerchief with garlanded portrait of Admiral George Dewey. Flanked by American flag and Navy Fleet Admiral's flag. "The Hero" in top blue stripe, with "Of Manila" in bottom red stripe. "Admiral George Dewey (1837-1917), depicted on the kerchief, executed the capture of Manila in 1898, during the Spanish-American War. This victory made the U.S. the principle naval power in the East. He returned home to great parades and ovations in New York and elsewhere; this kerchief is a souvenir of one of those events." - NYPL, object no. 1943.419.  Refs: Collins, Herbert Ridgeway. Threads of History: Americana Recorded on Cloth, 1775 to the Present. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1979.  "THE/ HERO/ OF/ MANILA/ ADMIRAL DEWEY".  New York gave Dewey a hero's welcome in a victory parade, September 30, 1899.

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