Titanic on Parade-- Part 1

From the April 8th Parade Magazine "Parade Personality" by Walter Scott, which was all devoted to the Titanic.

QUESTION:  WHY IS THE TITANIC STILL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN?  The ship is so fragile that any full excavation would be too costly and time-consuming, with no promise of success.  It took a team two years to raise and stabilize a small 20-ton piece of the 46,000 tons ship.


QUESTION: WAS ANY MEMORIAL CREATED FOR THE VICTIMS?  The passengers and crew came from many different countries and there are a number of memorials around the globe.  There is a statue honoring the ship's engineers in Southampton, England where the ship set sail and a 60-foot lighthouse in New York's South Street Seaport among them.  A new museum in Belfast, where the ship was built opened in March.  It features breathtaking replicas of the ship's features, including the 10,000 piece Grand Staircase.


QUESTION:  IS IT TRUE THAT THEY ARE AUCTIONING OFF ITEMS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK?  Yes--5,500 items to be sold in mid-April.  Deadline for bids was April 1st.  The buyer must be court-approved and agree to maintain the collection and display it publicly.  (That answers my question from the previous post.)

More to Come.  --DaCoot