One of two figures carved into the column of the Cuban Friendship Urn in Washington DC. Located in East Potomac Park in Washington DC, the Cuban American Friendship Urn is a 7-ton white marble urn carved from one of the columns that was originally part of the Maine Monument in Havana, Cuba, that memorialized the sinking of the Maine, an event that helped spark the Spanish American War and led to the independence of Cuba from Spain.