Mariner's Church rings their bell 30 times for Gordon Lightfoot

CBC ^ | May 2, 2023 | Staff

[Leaning Right]

The Mariner's Church of Detroit rang their bell 30 times in memory of Gordon Lightfoot — once for every man lost in the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and once for Lightfoot.

[Leaning Right]

The story is more than an week old. I just came across it, and thought it worth a post.

By the way, the Mariner's Church is the church referenced in the song. Lightfoot called it “The Maritime Sailors' Cathedral” in his lyrics.

[MeganC]

That is truly a sweet and decent act. Thank you for posting this.

[DarrellZero]

What a perfect tribute.

Fair winds and following seas, Gordo.

[Huskrrrr]

Nice gesture.

[Chewbarkah]

Thanks for posting. In a shallow world, it’s heart-warming that meaningful gestures still happen.

[DesertRhino]

Very cool. Well deserved.

[Fungi]

“gravestones cheer the living dear, they're no use to the dead.” Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

[bgill]

Thanks.

[MD Expat in PA]

I remember watching the news report that night – Eric Sevareid on TV as it was reported.

This video has some archival footage of Edmund Fitzgerald before it sank along with footage of what it might have been like when the storm hit, and footage of the discovery of the wreck. And most heart breaking the names, ages and hometowns and pictures of many of the lost crewmen.

I seem to recall that living in MD, we were struck by a NorEaster that November as well.

What a fitting tribute to the man who wrote that song and immortalized the memory of those men.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw&list=RDhgI8bta-7aw

[Allegra]

Nice. Thank you for posting.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

THANK YOU for posting, I had missed it. And it is certainly a jewel to have missed.

[Rural_Michigan]

Good on em. Some decency still in this world. Lightfoot is one of the greats and his music always makes me feel things.

[tomkat]

In a shallow world, it’s heart-warming that meaningful gestures still happen.

Amen !

[Fiji Hill]

The church is not far from Cobo Hall, where Ronald Reagan was nominated for president in 1980. The building was named for Albert Cobo, Detroit’s last great mayor. However, because he was a Republican and therefore a rayciss, Cobo was “cancelled” and the building renamed.

[meyer]

A very good gesture. Gordon Lightfoot’s song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was great. The haunting melody, the lyrics, the song made you almost feel as if you were on the ship.

Gordon Lightfoot memorialized the shipwreck.

[mairdie]

Impressive. Bet he would have loved that.

[virgil]

What a great heartfelt tribute to Gordon.

[Boiler Plate]

“Does anyone Know where the Love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours”.

The most haunting lyric ever.

[LegendHasIt]

I can’t think of a more fitting ‘eulogy’.

[Ingtar]

I asked if this would happen on the day that his death was announced. I am pleasantly surprised that people made it happen.