FREE Private Tour of War & Dissent Exhibit February 5, 2009

War & Dissent: The U.S. in the Philippines, 1898-1915

The Spanish-American War of 1898 -- and the Philippine War that immediately followed it -- were turning points in the United States’ role in the world and had a great impact on the Presidio of San Francisco. The war in the Philippines also triggered strong dissent within the United States as the nation changed from a republic based on the consent of the governed to the possessor of a colonial empire.

This mixed media exhibit of photographs, San Francisco monuments, diaries, letters, political cartoons, recordings, maps, and flags looks at the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars from several points of view, including Filipino points of view, in nine themed galleries.

Explore the little-known war in the Philippines from several points of view including one American soldier's story, the struggles of the Philippine independence movement and the experience of the Lopez family.

Tour to be followed by a performance by Bindlestiff

*****RSVP by Feb. 3 to Keesa at [email protected]*****