Friday, May 21

Registration 2-6 p.m. followed by cocktail party at 6:30 and special guest panel discussion by Senan Molony and Sam Halpern on their research into ships that were in the vicinity of Titanic on  the night of April 14th, with lively discussion to follow!

Saturday, May 22nd

Saturday will be  packed with things to see and do. The Beantown Trolley Company will pick us up at our hotel at 9.00 a.m. for an exciting tour of historic Boston with a stop at Old Ironsides Museum for a stroll on the deck of the U.S.S.  Constitution.  The waterfront, the Rose Kennedy garden, Beacon Hill, the State House, Back Bay and the Boston Commons  are but a few of the highlights passed by our trolley. At 11:30 we will lunch at the famous Oyster House near Faneuil Hall.  Then it’s off to board our cruise boat for a breath-taking tour of the harbor. A very special stop will be made on the way back to our Needham hotel to unveil the grave marker of Irish steerage passenger, Kate Buckley, whose grave in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery in West Roxbury has been unmarked all these years.  A special ceremony and wreath laying will be observed at the gravesite.  Return to the hotel by 5 p.m.

 Saturday Evening 6:30 p.m.

Bullard’s Restaurant in our hotel will be the venue for a memorable evening’s banquet with the room decorated in nautical motif and each individual table decorated in tribute to famous liners of the Past.  Our after dinner speaker is the incomparable Mr. Ocean Liner himself, Bill Miller, who will entertain and dazzle, educate and amuse us with anecdotes and photographs, history and details of the golden age of ocean travel. Please visit our link on speakers for more about Bill Miller.

Sunday Morning, May 23rd 9 a.m.

We are honored to have Una Reilly of the Belfast Titanic Society to give us an update on Belfast and the preparations ongoing for the 100th anniversary in 1912. 

10:15 a.m.  Annual TIS Business Meeting for Members