Memorial Photographs Displayed

Memorial Photographs Displayed

Displayed Memorial Photographs

World War, 1914-1918

Veterans--Florida

Memorials--Florida

Three stands displaying six photographs on stage at the Geneva Community Center in Geneva, Florida. The first stand has a photograph of the headstone of Roderick Perry Taylor and an American flag. The second stand has photographs of Taylor and Charles Simeon Lee in their Navy uniforms. The third stand has photographs of the R.M.S. Leinster at sea, a contemporary drawing of the sinking of the ship, and the ship's anchor.

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.

Cravero, Geoffrey

Original color photographs: RICHES, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

2018-10-10

2018-10-10

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Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida

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Originally created by Geoffrey Cravero and published by RICHES.

Copyright to this resource is held by RICHES for educational purposes only.

Cravero, Geoffrey

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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.