Monday, May 07, 2007

RetroClip: Remember the Lusitania

Sunk today in 1915, in the midst of the Great War. From Refdesk:

The Lusitania was an ocean liner that was sunk off the Irish coast
by a German submarine, killing 1,198 people, including almost 100 children.
Although the crisis subsided, the event played a role in the US's entry into
WWI, with recruitment posters urging potential enlistees to "Remember the
Lusitania!" In July 1920, a life jacket bearing the name 'Lusitania' was found
washed up in Philadelphia's Delaware River. Are any of the survivors of the
sinking still alive today?
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