Burial of Vera Cruz dead -- scene at City Hall, Mitchel speaking

Photograph shows Mayor John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) speaking at City Hall, New York the day of the National Memorial Service on May 11, 1914 in honor of the seamen and marines who were killed in Veracruz, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and New York Times, May 11, 1914) (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)