How We Commemerate on this April 15 2002

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Stacie Crowther

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Hello Friends,

I am writing to find out how all of you plan or have planned to remember this parallel 90th anniversary. I plan to watch several movies and documentaries as I pay tribute since I missed out on all the great gatherings.

Please, if any of you were fortunate to attend a convention, I would love for you to share on this thread. I would love to know what I missed.

Sincerely,

Stacie
 
Hi Stacie & to everyone!

I am new to this web-site, but I plan to take some time to remember those that were a part of this event in history. I have researched this sinking for alot of years. Like all of you, I have great feeling for all of those who sail on this wonderful ship.
 
Tonight at 10:30 pm, Eastern US time, a group of us will be gathering in #titanic on the dalnet IRC network for a recreation of the events of the night of 14-15 April. Feel free to join us.
 
I have a friend in Liverpool placing some flowers on Capt. Smith's memorial. I'm also planning (if it's clear) to view the Lyriads (which numerous people reported seeing that night.)
 
I will be going to a nearby town to lay some flowers on the grave of the son of Samuel and Emma Risien whose bodies were never recovered and who do not have a memorial. The Risiens were the only native Texans on board. Their son and daughter-in-law were close friends with Phil Gowan's family and that conection was the genesis of his interest in Titanic. I think a lot of us who have benefitted from Phil's tireless research owe a great deal to this family. It's my hope to someday have some sort of marker or stone put up to remember the couple. I am sure the town council and most citizens of the small community do not know of its connection to Titanic.

Randy

(Message edited by rbigham on April 14, 2002)
 
Stacie,

I was lucky enough to get to the BTS Convention; not as a delegate, but on the public Open Day on Saturday. Here's a brief outline of what we did (my daughter and I):

Attended a lecture by John Eaton and Charles Haas on two topics: (1) The life of Miss Dorothy Gibson. (2) The current parlous state of the Titanic artifacts with RMSTI's court appeal etc.

Also attended a lecture by Susanne Stormer on "The Officer Who Shot Himself?" (We were told to note the question mark!) Susanne argued that Murdoch did not commit suicide and, if such an event did occur, it happened near Boat 16.

Both lectures were very interesting - Eaton and Haas obviously have a great love of the ship, and care for her immensely. They were great speakers and very funny at times. Susanne's lecture was also fascinating and explained very well, especially as English is not her first language.

We then wandered about a lot and bought various stuff; mainly books and videos. I queued to ask Millvina Dean to sign a book for me. She is so sharp and shows no sign of her great age impacting on her mind. A truly wonderful lady.

Last (and most definitely not least) I got to meet some great people; amongst them were: Phil Hind, Phil Gowan, Cook, Brian Meister, Andrew Williams, and others too numerous to mention. It was this last hour that really made my day - I was on cloud nine for the drive home. I am absolutely rubbish at social mixing, but everyone was so friendly and great fun that I didn't stay terrified for too long!
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Finally, although I was merely a visitor, I thought the whole event was beautifully arranged. I think that a big "Thank You" is owed to Geoff Whitfield, Brian Ticehurst and all others of the BTS that worked hard to make the event run so smoothly and magically (including the exhibitors).

Regarding commemorating the sinking, I can't stay up until 2:20 (work tomorrow) but will raise a glass at 11:40 before bed.

Regards,
Paul.
 
I plan to watch "Beyond Titanic" on the A&E channel tonight. (the time is only 5:50 pm here now) I think I've seen it before but can't seem to get enough of the ship or her story.
 
A man sharing my name died on the Titanic at the age of 21. I've just watched the film and it finished at 11:40, spooky. Never seen it before but makes you aware of your own mortality. Say a prayer for those who were killed.
 
Today i visited the grave of Titanic victim Francis Millet, locted in Bridgewater MA (outside of Boston).

I just finished watching A Night To Remember, and will put in THE Titanic film (the Cameron movie) a bit later.

Today is a day to reflect on the events of the tragedy, and how lives that were very much real were either destroyed or traumatized by the sinking- and as Jack Thayer put it- the world of today awoke on April 15 1912.

(or for this generation, Sept 11, 2001).

Lets all think of the people who sailed the great ship, and the amazing events that unfolded that night....

remember the Titanic!!


Regards

Tarn Stephanos

Boston MA
 
Same for me...Cameron's movie, a docu. or two & a lot of thinking about that awful night. I may start the book "Psalm at Journey's End" It's the only Titanic book I own that I have yet to read.
My most recent book is ..of all books...A Night to Remember" sent to me with Love by our dear Kate. I'll spend some time in somber thought, drift off the sleep as I say a prayer Blessing the souls of those lost and their kin as well as those who survived.

Steph
 
I'm listening to Maria Callas, and contemplating certain thoughts expressed by Oscar Wilde:

"I must admit that this thing that has happened does not affect me as it should. It seems to me simply like a wonderful ending to a wonderful play. It has all the terrible beauty of a Greek tragedy . . . but by which I have not been wounded."

It seems that this could be expressed by all of us, to one degree or another, in considering the events of April 15, 1912, aboard Titanic.

In "The Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray," Wilde also expresses a very pure view of the relationship between art, the living, and the artist. I think it may help some of us to understand what it is we see in this event, and appreciate its meaning, as follows:

The artist is the creator of beautiful things.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim . . .

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty . . .

The moral life of man forms part of the subject matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be be proved.

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.

Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art . . .

All art is at once surface and symbol.

Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

All art is quite useless.

Oscar Wilde.
 
I'll be remembering the victims of the Titanic by having a moment of silence for them. And I will remember, within my heart, the acts of many brave men and women on that fateful night.

Regards,
Charmaine
 

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