May 7th 1915 - Centennial

[Sousuke 1,214]

[Pooky 3,807]

The RMS Lusitania

Edited May 7, 2015 by Pooky

[TBoneTX 45,498]

Awful to recall, even 100 years later.

[Sousuke 1,214]

Last night I remembered a club/bar I went to about 8 years ago in Bristol UK. If you are ever there, near the top of Park street is a place that is decorated with some of the Mauretania's first class fittings. Unlike the Lusitania, she survived and was later scrapped.

I'm kind of kicking myself for not going to that place more often.

Edited May 8, 2015 by Sousuke

[TBoneTX 45,498]

1. Embarrassing question: pronounced Lusitaynia, or Lusitahnia?

2. Go here, click on the pages one by one (at screen bottom), and read the song*:

http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:097.173

*songs published before 1923 are in the public domain

Many songwriters wrote about events of the day, including disasters and tragedies.

Edited May 9, 2015 by TBoneTX

[Sousuke 1,214]

1. Embarrassing question: pronounced Lusitaynia, or Lusitahnia?

2. Go here, click on the pages one by one (at screen bottom), and read the song*:

http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:097.173

*songs published before 1923 are in the public domain

Many songwriters wrote about events of the day, including disasters and tragedies.

I've always heard it as "Lusitaynia"

[GandD 5,966]

Me too

[TBoneTX 45,498]

That was my guess.