Flag Visits Isle of Islay to Commemorate Sinking of American Troop Ship

• by cyngast moderator

  I came across this article today and thought I'd post it here. Although it doesn't relate directly to our project here, it is still a moving story that I didn't know had happened.

  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/hundred-year-old-handmade-american-flag-flies-home-scotland-180968008/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia

  Posted May 5, 2018 9:55 PM

• by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

  Cynthia here are Photographs of the SS Tuscania, articles/newspaper reports in connection with the tragedy, also mentioning Islay Island with more photographs.

  Link: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Photo+SS+Tuscania+ww1&rlz=1C1DSGL_enGB426GB426&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihyvGGzu_aAhWkLcAKHX6zCUEQ7AkIMg&biw=127

  Thank goodness there were Survivors.

  Posted May 5, 2018 10:37 PM