Titanic Memorial

<br><i>[front (north) face of statue base</i>:]<br><br><center>To the brave men<br> who perished<br> in the wreck<br> of the <b>Titanic</b><br> April 15, 1912.<br> They gave their<br> lives that women<br> and children<br> might be saved.<br><br></center> <i>[reverse (south) face of statue base</i>:]<br><br><center> To the young and the old<br> the rich and the poor<br> the ignorant and the learned<br> all<br> who gave their lives nobly<br> to save women and children.<br><br></center> Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, 1931