100 Year Memorial Remembering Roderick "Perry" Taylor
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Title
100 Year Memorial Remembering Roderick "Perry" Taylor
Alternative Title
Roderick "Perry" Taylor Memorial
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Veterans--Florida
Memorials--Florida
Description
The program for the 100 year memorial ceremony remembering Roderick Perry Taylor and the 564 persons who lost their lives on the R.M.S. Leinster. The event was put together by the Geneva Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc. The four-page program contains a description of Charles S. Lee, whose dictated account provided the basis for understanding Taylor's story, an outline of the ceremony's events, and a description of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster.
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 4-page black and white program: 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 program.
Format
application/pdf
Extent
11.1 MB
Medium
1 black and white program
Language
eng
Type
Text
Coverage
Geneva Community Center, Geneva, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the Geneva Historical &
Genealogical Society, Inc..
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Geneva Historical &
Genealogical Society, Inc. and is provide here 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, “100 Year Memorial Remembering Roderick "Perry" Taylor,” RICHES, accessed April 27, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10420.