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Yahoo
25-05-2025
- General
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Photos: Military members honored during Knights of Columbus Memorial Day ceremony
Four chaplains, numerous WWII submariners and the entire crew of the USS Scorpion were honored during a ceremony at Knights of Columbus in Newport News on Sunday, May 25, 2025. The USS Scorpion sunk on May 22, 1968 with 99 service members aboard. The submarine was never recovered and still remains at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Man who found Titanic will preview new Peoria Riverfront Museum exhibit this fall
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The man who found the sunken remains of the RMS Titanic will speak on the Bradley University campus later this year as a preview to an upcoming Peoria Riverfront Museum visit. The Titanic tragically sank on a dark and cold evening 113 years ago in the North Atlantic Ocean after being struck by an iceberg. Nearly 70 years later, in 1985, a team led by retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Robert Ballard found the doomed ocean liner on the sea floor. The remains were found while he was attempting to locate two missing submarines during a secret mission for the Navy. The ensuing result is what many tout as the largest maritime discovery. And it's also the subject of an upcoming exhibit at the museum. Dubbed 'Finding Titanic: The Secret Mission,' visitors will learn the now-declassified story of Ballard's top-secret mission to investigate two lost nuclear submarines. Presented by CEFCU and produced by Ballard's Ocean Exploration Trust, this world-premiere touring exhibition invites visitors on a thrilling deep-sea adventure of intrigue, exploration, and discovery. It will run through early January, said museum CEO John Morris. 'Finding Titanic: The Secret Mission' tells the story of the Titanic's discovery through the unique lens of Ballard's classified Navy assignment to document the wreck sites of two nuclear submarines USS Thresher and USS Scorpion while using the cover story of searching for the Titanic. Ballard will speak on Sept. 25 on the campus, just two days before an exhibit opens at the museum. Also on Sept. 27, there will be a performance of 'Titanic Live' at the Prairie Home Alliance Theater. It'll be put on by the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and will feature 97 instrumentalists and between 30 and 50 vocalists along with other musicians performing, said Anthony Morada, the orchestra's executive director. 'For the first time ever, we will tell and show you things you have never seen and heard before about our discovery of the RMS Titanic and the Cold War story that led to its discovery, that continues to give up its secrets,' Ballard said. 'Produced by Flying Fish and my Ocean Exploration Trust, it's a powerful, behind-the-scenes look at this historic event, which became one of the most important maritime discoveries ever made.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
