Posted on 11/10/2005 3:05:48 PM PST by MplsSteve
This is a webcast you all likely wouldnt want to miss.
At 6PM Eastern Time, the bell of the Edmund Fitzgerald will be rang.
Relatives and family of the ship's crew will be present.
We now have the third or fourth thread re this subject.
Interesting how the Edmund Fitzgerald holds the publics attention the way it has.
I saw it just a week or two prior to her sinking when I was at the Soo with my dad.
30th Anniversary Live Webcast of Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Service
On November 10, 2005 the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum will post a live webcast of the 30th anniversary of the sinking of the Great Lakes Freighter Edmund Fitzgerald. Relatives and friends of the Fitzgerald crew will gather with other dignitaries at 7pm to remember these men who died when their ship went down in a horrific Lake Superior storm on November 10th, 1975. The museum houses the bell recovered 10 years ago from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and it will be the centerpiece of the November 10th ceremony. The bell will be rung 29 times for each man lost on the Fitzgerald and a 30th time to remember the thousands of other mariners lost on the Great Lakes. You may be part of this webcast, live from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point, by clicking on the internet link GO TO WEB CAST below. The webcast will begin at approximately 7pm EST and end at approximately 8pm EST, on November 10, 2005. This link will be active ONLY during this specific hour. Your ability to connect will depend on the operating system of your computer, the speed of your internet connection and your browser settings. You must have Windows Media Player to properly view this live webcast. This webcast is made possible through a partnership with abc12 News, Flint, MI, and WWTV, Cadillac, MI. Click here to download Windows Media Player: Get Windows Media Player GO TO WEB CAST
A great museum if you ever get up that way.
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Thanks for the thread, AND the ping!
That's interesting.
How unique is to see a doomed ship like that only a short time before it sank.
I'm sure you got an eerie feeling later on when you heard it had sank.
Thanks for your post. Watching the entire presentation. Some things are just meant to be watched and cherished. Whenever I hear the Gordon Lightfoot song, it has an impact on me.
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