Titanic Survivor Status in Questioned

From the June 8, 2012, Albany (NY) Times Union by Paul Grondahl.

Visitors to Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands have usually been told that two Titanic survivors are buried there.  But most likely, it is just one.

In February of 2012, information that Arthur Bright, who died in 1921 in Albany at age 49 was not, in fact, a British crew member.  Most likely the Arthur Bright who was a crew member was Arthur John Bright, who died in Southampton, England in 1955 at age 86.

Michael Hornak of Poughkeepsie researched it after the other Arthur Bright came to light in 2006.  Bright was the ship's quartermaster and testified before Congress, saying the front section of the ship went down a few minutes before the stern..

But, who is buried in the grave at Albany Rural Cemetery who came to Albany at age 50 and lived at 50 Dove Street in the Center Square neighborhood before dying of tuberculosis May 21, 1921?

Definitely Gilbert M. Tucker, an 1998 Albany Academy graduate who died in 1968 was a Titanic survivor and he is buried at the cemetery.

--Cooter

Henry Hudson's Half Moon at Albany, New York

From the September 20, 2013, USA Today.

Accompanied by a picture of the Half Moon firing a cannon at the end of a pier.

Caption "A replica of Henry Hudson's Half Moon fires a cannon as it arrives Thursday on the Hudson River in Albany, N.Y., to mark Hudson's 1609 sailing into Albany."

This full-sized replica is actually the second one of the famous ship. The first one was made in the Netherlands in 1909 and given to the U.S. to mark the 300th anniversary of the ship's arrival at Albany in 1609. This was the first European ship to document its exploration of the Hudson River. It was destroyed by fire in 1934.

This replica was made in 1989.

The SUNY System Adminstration Building in Albany has a ten-foot high and ten-foot long weathervane of it which is the biggest working one in the Americas.

--DaCoot