Katherine Tingley honors the Rough Riders and other heroes of the Spanish-American War
Subject(s): Arches--Design and construction, Cuba, Tingley, Katherine Augusta Westcott, 1847-1929, United States. Army. Volunteer Cavalry, 1st, Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society, War memorials--Themes, motives, Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
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Michele Bryant chronicles the ultimately doomed efforts of Katherine Augusta Wescott Tingley to transform the San Juan and Kettle Hill battlefields in Cuba into the Latin American headquarters for the Theosophical Society. Bryant notes that Tingley managed to buy the battlefield land and to erect two memorials, one an archway and the other a pillar, to Americans and Cubans who had died in the Spanish-American War. Bryant chronicles Tingley’s involvement with the Theosophical Society and her related charitable works, including establishing three schools in Cuba in the wake of the war, and she relates that Tingley’s planned development of the San Juan Heights property never was realized.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
2013
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Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
3
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Image
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Cite this Record
Chicago:
Katherine Tingley honors the Rough Riders and other heroes of the Spanish-American War. [December 11, 2025]. Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308497. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Bryant, Michele. Katherine Tingley honors the Rough Riders and other heroes of the Spanish-American War. [11 Dec. 2025]. Image.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308497.
APA:
Bryant, Michele., [2025, December 11]. Katherine Tingley honors the Rough Riders and other heroes of the Spanish-American War.
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o308497.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. December 11, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
