Titanic Moment for Hats

This weekend's memorial events for the Tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic have viewed that event from every imaginable prospective.  I noticed that most video or photo reporting of the coverage featured those  present day participants  who were wearing hats.  Ladies in dark or black mourning dress hats with veils were shown in many shots.  Men with workers and dockmen's flatcaps of the era got special attention.  Of course, the tophats and fine felt dress hats of the 1st Class male passengers and their well dressed ladies in flowery wide-brims are an iconic image of the sailing of the unsinkable Titanic.  The imagery of the event will always include the wearing of hats by the passengers and those who awaited their safe arrival.