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For the twenty-sixth consecutive year, the Detroit Historical Society and the Great Lakes Maritime Institute are honored to host the Lost Mariners Remembrance program.
This year's program will recognize the legacy of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald on the 50th anniversary of its sinking.
A key highlight of the evening is always the performance by Lee Murdock, a celebrated balladeer of the Great Lakes, who brings the history and sacrifice of the sailors to life through song. The event also features a Wreath Ceremony, where an Honor Guard escorts a memorial wreath to the Detroit River, to be received by a fleet of government and commercial vessels from both the U.S. and Canada.
The program continues with the screening of the new film by the Detroit Historical Society and its Curator Emeritus Joel Stone, in conversation with Edmund Fitzgerald experts from around the Great Lakes. As always, the evening closes with the playing of Gordon Lightfoot’s famous The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, coupled with a bell ringing.