>>3037020 (lb)

>Peace Protocol Between Spain and the United States, August 12, 1898

Portrait is there for a reason.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-spanish-american-war

This is how we acquired Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

>>on August 12 an armistice was signed between Spain and the United States. On December 10, the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Spanish-American War. The once-proud Spanish empire was virtually dissolved, and the United States gained its first overseas empire. Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to the United States, the Philippines were bought for $20 million, and Cuba became a U.S. protectorate. Philippine insurgents who fought against Spanish rule during the war immediately turned their guns against the new occupiers, and 10 times more U.S. troops died suppressing the Philippines than in defeating Spain.