tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490821408991369121.post917980825790799507..comments2024-01-05T23:39:04.993-05:00Comments on Soo Boat Watcher: Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Service-Part 3Soo Boat Watcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786921529750939301noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7490821408991369121.post-18166826653216520842013-11-04T12:33:09.006-05:002013-11-04T12:33:09.006-05:00S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald 38 Year Anniversary
Novembe...S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald 38 Year Anniversary<br />November 10, 2013<br />RIVER ROUGE — A memorial service is planned for Sunday November 10, 2013 to remember the 29 men who died when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.<br />The ceremony is set for 6 to 8 p.m. and the heated tent open at 4:30 p.m. for viewing Edmund Fitzgerald artifacts, near the Mariners Memorial Lighthouse at Belanger Park, off Belanger Park Drive and Marion.<br />The event is held in River Rouge because that’s the city where the vessel was built in 1957 and ’58.<br />Several speakers will give their memories of the ship, including people who helped construct it and relatives of some of the deceased crewmen.<br />Artifacts, photographs and videos also will be on display and you can talk to the Fitz Ship Builders, past Crew Members and Fitz Family Members.<br />At 7:10 p.m. — the time the ship sank — a wreath will be tossed into the Detroit River. A bell will be rung 29 times in memory of each person who died.<br />A plaque presentation and lantern lighting is planned. Food and Refreshments will be provided free of charge.<br />Event organizer Roscoe Clark has a Web site devoted to the vessel, which contains several video clips and photos of the ship.<br />Earlier in the day, an Edmund Fitzgerald open house will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. at the River Rouge Historical Museum, 10750 W. Jefferson Ave.<br />This year, the service will be web cast free of charge for those viewers all across the US and Canada.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com