Based on an original blog post at: https://danq.me/2026/05/14/wp25-wesley-merritt/

Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th birthday, and somehow as a result I ended up reading about Wesley Merritt, who was the shortest-lived Governor-General of the Philippines!

00:00 Intro

00:25 Wikipedia's 25th Birthday

01:24 Colonial History of the Philippines

02:55 Wesley Merritt

03:57 Prelude to the Spanish-American War

05:09 What caused the USS Maine to sink?

06:26 Declaration of War

07:13 The (Mock) Battle of Manilla

09:00 Aftermath

10:03 Outro