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RMS Titanic at 97 Years

Submitted by Kim on Tuesday, 14 April 20096 Comments

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One of the most spectacular movies of all time has to be James Cameron’s “Titanic.” The ocean scenes were filmed off Halifax (on the icebreaker CCGS “Louis S. St- Laurent”) and many of the real dead floating in the ice-cold water were buried in three cemeteries in Halifax. That’s right, the living were taken to New York aboard the “Carpathia” and the dead, like millionaire John Jacob Astor, were taken to Halifax. Astor was later repatriated to the U.S. via a private train.

There is nothing as moving as standing among the “Titanic” graves at Fairview cemetery. One woman is buried with her four children, the oldest not yet 10. Then there is the grave of the unknown child and this is always adorned with teddy bears and other childrens’ playthings. Finally, go down to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and sit in a replica of one of the deck chairs while staring at the real one under glass, wondering who sat in it last.

Last week the Lord Mayor of Belfast – the city where “Titanic” was built – was in Halifax and he thinks that there will be thousands on hand in the Northern Ireland town for the Centennial on 2012.

Today is the 97th anniversary of the night to remember and there will be an hour-long commemoration at Fairview Cemetery at 11:30pm. The commemoration will include stories, a prayer by Reverend Carson Baxter, a tour and fiddle tunes by Dave MacIsaac.

Local “Titanic” buff Ken Pinto is heading up a 25-person committee to mark the Centennial in Halifax in 2012. It will be a week-long festival including a concert by Celine Dion who sang the theme song for the movie.

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6 Comments »

Dee Ryan-Meister said:

Great news! I am very happy to hear of plans to commemorate Titanic’s 100th here in Halifax. I have been very interested in the Titanic story since I was young; having grown up in Newfoundland, there were many stories I heard and read about in school. I am a collector of books on the subject; I had an opportunity to meet Charles Haas and Jack Eaton during a talk and signing of their book “Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy” here in 1996. I attended the Titanic Conference here a few years ago, and again had the chance to meet and chat with Mr. Eaton. I have attended talks at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic since moving here in 1989.
I am a graphic designer, and would be honored to provide my services. Please let me know how I may become involved. Great article in Tuesday’s Chronicle -Herald as well! It’s never too early to get the message out.

Dee

- 16 April 2009 at 2:55 pm

Kim (author) said:

Hi Dee,

Thanks for the comment. The Titanic100 website, unfortunately, is down right now. Keep checking over the next week.

Cheers,
Kim

- 16 April 2009 at 5:38 pm

Dee Ryan-Meister said:

Thanks Kim! will do.
Meantime, would you happen to have Ken Pinto’s contact info for Titanic 100?
Dee

- 16 April 2009 at 5:44 pm

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- 1 June 2009 at 3:54 am

Sandra McGill said:

My daughter did a research project on a local Yarmouth man who was a friend of Captain Smith of the Titanic. She found an obscure article in a newspaper after the sinking, quoting the man as saying he had warned Smith not to take the ship to sea… it might be an interesting sidebar to the story if it can be researched further.

- 15 April 2011 at 11:43 am

Kim (author) said:

That’s great news. Especially since we are entering the centennial year of the disaster. I will look into it.

- 17 April 2011 at 4:49 pm