tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post5638361777224917973..comments2024-01-26T13:02:13.166-05:00Comments on Cleveland Centennial: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgeraldpengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-17686931059722010912011-10-20T16:26:43.858-04:002011-10-20T16:26:43.858-04:00Thank you for this information.Thank you for this information.pengohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-54828186135014493732011-10-20T16:06:37.313-04:002011-10-20T16:06:37.313-04:00S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald 36 Year Anniversary
Novembe...S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald 36 Year Anniversary<br />November 10, 2011<br /><br /><br />RIVER ROUGE — A memorial service is planned for Thursday November 10, 2011 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, at www.ssedmundfitzgerald.com.<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. Go to the official web site www.ssedmundfitzgerald.com.<br />For more information and location call Roscoe Clark at (810) 519-2148.<br />This is a special program held each year and is free of charge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-23225595358955375092011-10-15T15:04:26.404-04:002011-10-15T15:04:26.404-04:00Good to know, thank you.Good to know, thank you.pengohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159516848217178336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422433941454188290.post-16122706006654960142011-10-15T11:54:05.496-04:002011-10-15T11:54:05.496-04:00More recently, in Columbus, Theatre Daedalus playw...More recently, in Columbus, Theatre Daedalus playwright Michael Parsons wrote a play about the Edmund Fitzgerald called 29 Bells:<br />http://theatredaedalus.com/season/29_Bells.php<br /><br />I saw a reading of it at CSU - he was part of Mike Geither's playwrighting class.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158483350695986514noreply@blogger.com