Titanic Tib Bits!

   The 100th anniversary of the TITANIC
disaster is getting a lot of attention and I've
been smack dab in the middle of some of
it!
    As reported in this blog yesterday I
joined author Bill Lewis, and relatives
of two Titanic survivors at a book signing
on Friday.
    Last night I told the stories of area
Titanic passengers to about two dozen
people at the New Life Community Church
in Mountaintop.
    We'll tell those stories again this week
as the Luzerne County Historical Society
remembers the "Night To Remember!"
    All this interest is...well...interesting!
    Some one on Facebook asked how many
other ships sank over the last hundred years.
And why, they asked, was the Titanic the
one that gets all the attention?
     There were plenty of other ships that
went down, some with a far worse loss of
life!  
     Maybe Titanic is remembered because
we all know the story of the ship and the
stories of many of its passengers! That
almost makes it personal!
     Books about Titanic have been selling
for the past 100 years and still more are
being published. The first movie about
the disaster came out within weeks of the
sinking and starred Dorothy Gibson, a part
time actress who was rescued from the
the ship!
     James Cameron's 1997 "Titanic"
has been re-released in 3D.  It's so
popular that people are still leaving flowers
and movie ticket stubs at the "Titanic" grave
of J. Dawson in Halifax, Nova Scotia!  People
think it's the grave of Jack Dawson from the
movie. But he doesn't exist! The grave is
that of Joseph Dawson, a Titanic crew
member!
    I've seen dozens of Titanic TV specials
and Titanic movies. I'm watching another
new one on ABC as I write this blog while
TCM runs "A Night To Remember from
1958.
    We keep watching even though we all
know the specials and the movies all end
the same way!!! If you haven't see any of
them don't read this.............(THE  TITANIC
SINKS!!!)
    They did try to bring it back up once!
    The 1980 movie"Raise the Titanic" was
filmed before Robert Ballard discovered
the wreck....in two pieces!
     I'm glad to see all the interest. Titanic
is a part of our history It and its passengers
deserve to be remembered.
    I hope you do and that all of your NEWS
is good!