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Lusitania and Charles Frohman 100th Anniversary Commemoration The sinking of the Cunard liner Lusitania on the afternoon of 7th May 1915 by a German submarine resulted in the death of 1,198 passengers and crew. The sinking was in breach of international law and caused worldwide outrage. This incident helped shift public opinion in the United States against Germany and influenced America's eventual declaration of war a couple of years later. Among the dead was the famous American theatre producer and impresario Charles Frohman, whose encouragement and support for J M Barrie’s play Peter Pan led to its immediate huge success in London and later round the world. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania and the death of Charles Frohman, a short service was held at the Frohman Memorial on The Causeway in Marlow at 3PM on Thursday 7th May. Prayers and poems were read and a wreath laid on behalf of the town by our mayor to honour the memory of all those who died in this infamous and tragic act of war. 2015. Courtmacsherry, Southern Ireland. Major exhibition at RNLI Lifeboat Station. RNLI/Courtmacsherry The RNLI's commemoration was held on the May Bank holiday weekend 2015 with the centrepiece being a Lusitania Exhibition in Courtmacsherry RNLI Lifeboat Station and other local venues. Courtmacsherry lifeboat responded to the tragedy in 1915 and to coincide with the exhibition, the lifeboat crew re-enacted the call to service and row out to the site of the disaster. Photo; Dara Gannon, RNLI. Merseyside Maritime Museum Are staging an exhibition for the Lusitania Centenary. Called "Lusitania: Life, Loss, Legacy" from March 27th 2015 at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool. PORTSMOUTH — The Beara Irish Brewing Co. at 2800 Lafayette Road announced collaboration ale brewed with Rising Sons Brewery of Cork, Ireland. The new ale is named “Survivor” in honor of May Barrett, the only survivor of the Lusitania from Cork. In 1915, the ship was torpedoes and sunk by a German U-boat off the southern coast of Ireland causing the deaths of 1,201 people. Benny McCabe of Rising Sons Brewery said, “This collaboration is the first of what I hope is many and enables us expose the public to the good works going on both sides of the Atlantic, I think these collaborations are crucial to the development of the industry as a whole ”Survivor” will be available on draft in RiRa Portsmouth and in the Beara Irish Brewing Co. taproom. Beara Irish Brewing will also use a distributor to get 22-ounce bottles into more than 120 stores in New Hampshire.