Today marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic ninety-nine years ago. As I do most years, I spent some time last evening chatting with some online friends I met some time ago and with whom I continue friendships with today. I can't imagine spending the evening with anyone else and with all the memorial cruises, theatrical releases, exhibits, and other such events scheduled leading up to the 100th anniversary next year, I'll probably be spending the evening much the same way I do every year and with the same people who continue to share my interest in the enduring story of the sinking of the Titanic.
To all the people who died in the sinking, or never quite found happiness again after losing friends and family members, may they rest in peace.
This is a photo of of a mortuary bag that was sown aboard the Mackay-Bennett and held the personal effects of Body No. 41, Edmund Stone, who was a thirty-three year old first-class bedroom steward from Southampton. He was buried at sea.
Photo Credit: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Handout
