Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry and Rescue of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, July 2nd, 1898

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A chromolithograph framed and dry-mounted to a large piece of matte. It has had several archival repairs. The image features American forces, in blue and carrying an American flag, charging towards an ongoing battle between American and Spanish forces. The advancing U.S. troops are mostly African American and they are being fired upon by the Spanish. In the background is a fort with an American flag being raised. The surrounding landscape is tropical.

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