Posting of the Colors
Dublin Core
Title
Posting of the Colors
Alternative Title
Flag Ceremony
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Memorials--Florida
Description
The posting of the colors ceremony at the Geneva Community Center in Geneva, Florida. Three men stand behind the recently mounted flags to the left of a white podium with a red, white and blue ribbon.
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. held a 100 year memorial on October 10, 2018, for Roderick Perry Taylor of Geneva, Florida, and the other 564 people who died on the R.M.S. Leinster when it was hit by three German torpedoes in the Irish Sea on Oct. 10, 1918. Most of those killed were young military men and women. The ceremony was held at 2:00 PM at the Geneva Community Center. While memorials were also held on the same day in Ireland and other Allied countries, this was the only memorial in the United States that honored the six American soldiers who drowned.
The Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. held a 100 year memorial on October 10, 2018, for Roderick Perry Taylor of Geneva, Florida, and the other 564 people who died on the R.M.S. Leinster when it was hit by three German torpedoes in the Irish Sea on Oct. 10, 1918. Most of those killed were young military men and women. The ceremony was held at 2:00 PM at the Geneva Community Center. While memorials were also held on the same day in Ireland and other Allied countries, this was the only memorial in the United States that honored the six American soldiers who drowned.
Creator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Source
Original color photograph: RICHES, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
Publisher
Date Created
2018-10-10
Date Copyrighted
2018-10-10
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color photograph.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
4.1 MB
Medium
1 color photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by RICHES.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by RICHES for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
External Reference
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Robert K. Massie. The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I. 2014.
Geneva Historical &
Genealogical Society, Inc. 100 Year Memorial remembering Roderick 'Perry' Taylor and the 564 persons who lost their lives on the R.M.S. Leinster Oct. 10, 1918, WWI, Irish Sea. October 10, 2018.
Citation
Cravero, Geoffrey, “Posting of the Colors,” RICHES, accessed April 27, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10417.