San Juan Hill

noun

1. a hill in SE Cuba, near Santiago de Cuba: captured by U.S. forces in battle during the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Example Sentences

I charged up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders and joined the doughboys over there.

From Washington Times

A vibrant neighborhood known as San Juan Hill, which was home to many low-income Black and Latino residents, was razed to make way for the center’s construction, which began in 1959.

From New York Times

Etienne Charles’s “San Juan Hill” opened the season in October, and dealt directly with the midcentury displacement of economically vulnerable populations on the blocks that became Lincoln Center.

From New York Times

For its part, Lincoln Center wants to acknowledge its role in erasing the San Juan Hill neighborhood, which was once rich with music, particularly jazz, from pioneers such as James P. Johnson and Thelonious Monk.

From Washington Post

“San Juan Hill: A New York Story” is an “immersive multimedia” tribute to the largely Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood razed to make way for Lincoln Center’s opening in 1956.

From Washington Post