This May 7th marks the 99th anniversary of the Lusitania sinking, and this July will also mark the World War I centennial. Lots of plans are afoot for next year’s Lusitania centennial, which I’ve titled “Lusitania 2015,” time permitting. I would’ve loved to have filled in more biographies by now, but the craziness of life …
Today, 7 September 2013, is the 106th anniversary of the Lusitania‘s maiden voyage. Also, ten years ago today, The Lusitania Resource obtained its own domain name! No, that is not a coincidence – the date of the domain name launch was chosen on purpose to be the same. As seen in this previous post, this …
Today, 22 May, marks the 10th “launch” anniversary of The Lusitania Resource! Why do I say it’s a “launch” anniversary? Because at the time, this website was being hosted as a small, personal site on bytenet.net. It did not yet have its own domain name and was not nearly as fleshed out as what you see …
The 10th anniversary of this website is coming tomorrow! I’m not quite sure what I’ll have ready for then, but until then, new biographies today at The Lusitania Resource: James Shineman (second cabin) Margaret Shineman (second cabin) Updated biographies Catherine Henry (third class) James Houghton (saloon) New pictures Albert Bestic (deck crew) Isaac Lehman (saloon) Robert Rankin (saloon) Also, part 4 …