nationalmemorialservice

5-11-1914 (american date order) according to the horse drawn cortege picture also on this stream.

After the coffins of the 17 sailor dead of Vera Cruz arrived in New York City, a National Memorial Service was held there on May 11, 1914, attended by President Wilson and the Governor of New York, as well as Mayor Mitchel of New York City. Story in the New York Times, 5/11/14: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940CE3DB173AE6...

Wystan, Thanks for your efforts throughout the photographs which document the National Memorial Service of May 11, 1914. We will be able to better link the related images and expand the descriptions, including a date where one is not yet included.

Several Bain/LOC photos of New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel and U. S. President Woodrow Wilson at the Vera Cruz victims' funeral were posted to Flickr two months ago:

New York Times story (5/11/14) about the National Memorial Service for the 17 U. S. Sailors killed at Vera Cruz: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940CE3DB173AE6...

Wystan, Thanks for your efforts with the numerous photographs which document the National Memorial Service of May 11, 1914. We will be able to better link the related images and expand the descriptions, including the addition of a date where one is not yet included. We will add Mr. Tumulty to this description as well, thanks to your note on the image itself.

National memorial service on May 11, 1914, for the 17 sailors killed in April in battle at Vera Cruz. Story in the New York Times, 5/11/14: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=940CE3DB173AE6...

Wystan, Thanks for your efforts with the numerous photographs which document the National Memorial Service of May 11, 1914. We will be able to better link the related images and expand the descriptions, including the addition of a date where one is not yet included.