April 15^th, 2012 was the 100^th anniversary of the RMS Titanic’s disastrous end. The RMS Titanic set out from Southampton, England on April 8^th, 1912. Approximately 1,514 of the 2,224 passengers and crew were killed on April 15^th, 1912 after the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This solemn event is being commemorated in some unique ways.

The 3-D version of the romantic film Titanic returned to the silver screen on April 4^th. Titanic tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers aboard the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Upon its first release, Titanic won 11 Oscars and 81 other award wins and 49 nominations.

A commemorative cruise left Southampton on April 10^th, 2012 following the path RMS Titanic was meant to take. On April 15^th the cruise stopped at the location the RMS Titanic sank. A second cruise disembarked from its New York port of call on April 10^th and also visited the RMS Titanic’s disaster sight on April 15^th.

The Luxor hotel in Las Vegas set up a display of Titanic memorabilia, and hosted a candlelit vigil in memorial for those who died.

Guest speakers are present at the vigil to discuss the RMS Titanic’s history and the journey that was tragically cut short. One guest speaker, Tom Goldsmith, is a descendant of Titanic survivor Frank John William Goldsmith, and shared his grandfather’s story, who was nine years old when he boarded the RMS Titanic.

The National Geographic documentary Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard airs Monday at 10/9c on the National Geographic Channel. Ballard found the RMS Titanic’s final resting place in 1985. For the special, Ballard has gained the cooperation of Harland and Wolff, the company that built the ship.

Ballard tells a sorrowful tale of the natural and commercial decay of the Titanic’s sunken remains. He mourns the destruction submarines loaded with rich tourists have wreaked on the skeletal ship.

“I’m trying to get people to understand that Titanic is not just an object; it’s a sacred place,” Ballard said in an interview with TV Guide. “You don’t go to Gettysburg with a shovel. You don’t take belt buckles off the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.”

Ballard is also developing a “telepresence” technology that will allow people to view the skeleton of the RMS Titanic through high-definition cameras and robotic probes. The program is intended to be completed in approximately ten years.

The RMS Titanic is mourned the world across in many ways, proving its sorrowful tale will be in our hearts and go on and on.