Nov 18 2009
Subversive Historian – 11/18/09
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U.S. Warships in Nicaragua
Back in the day on November 18th, 1909, President William Howard Taft ordered two U.S. warships to Nicaragua. The show of force was in response to the execution of two Americans, Lee Roy Cannon and Leonard Groce. The pair had joined the “Estrada Rebellion” that had broken out against Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya. …
U.S. Warships in Nicaragua
Back in the day on November 18th, 1909, President William Howard Taft ordered two U.S. warships to Nicaragua. The show of force was in response to the execution of two Americans, Lee Roy Cannon and Leonard Groce. The pair had joined the “Estrada Rebellion” that had broken out against Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya. …
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