US returns looted bells to Philippines after 117 years
Three bells looted by US troops more than a century ago have been returned to their church in the Philippines.
President Rodrigo Duterte praised his countrymen and the US at a ceremony in Balangiga, where the treasures were taken 117 years ago.
The bronze bells were seized during the Philippine-American War as part of reprisals following a massacre.
In August, the US Embassy announced the return of the so-called Balangiga bells after decades of pressure.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-46581573/us-returns-looted-bells-to-philippines-after-117-years
It's interesting that in school it's tought that the U.S. spent three months or so fighting the Spanish-American war. But the fact that we spent several years afterward subduing the Phillipines which was not very keen on trading one colonial power for another is largely ignored.