Before we left for the Halifax area, a friend told Dorothy about a cemetery where 150 victims of the RMS Titanic were buried … 10% of those who died. We actually found it by accident and went to visit.
![historic marker at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery RMS Titanic Grave Sites](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3833.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![historic marker at the Fairview Lawn Cemetery RMS Titanic Grave Sites](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3838.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
It was fascinating to read about the circumstances that lead to the burial here and the story behind the design of the memorial and several of the headstones. The Fairview Lawn Cemetery RMS Titanic grave site was designed to fit into the slope of the hill where they rest.
![graves of victims from the RMS Titanic](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3845-Pano.jpg?resize=600%2C169&ssl=1)
Some markers are very stark, and others very descriptive.
![Alma Paulson perished on the RMS Titanoc](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3809.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![Sidney Leslie Goodwin A simple marker was two years old and perished on the RMS Titanic](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3807.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1)
![William Henry Harrison perished on the RMS Titanoc](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3805.jpg?resize=400%2C600&ssl=1)
![George H Dean perished on the RMS Titanoc](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3802.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![Ernest Edward Samuel Freeman perished on the RMS Titanoc](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3801.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)
![Achille Waelens perished on the RMS Titanoc](https://i0.wp.com/larryshapiroblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/150807_Halifax-3798.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)