WATCH: Great Lakes Mariners Memorial marks 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy
Great Lakes Maritime Academy holds the 50th annual Mariners Memorial service to remember and honor mariners who have perished on the Great Lakes and oceans.
Monday, November 10, 2025, marks 50 years since 29 mariners lost their lives aboard the Edmund Fitzgerald in what would become one of the most famous American wrecks of all time.
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@scottpierce3969
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
There were so many services this year with it being the 50th anniversary for the Fitz. Please put these online every year, no matter the circumstances. . . Thank you.
@bryan3dguitar
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Why didn't they play Gordon's song?
@johnzeszut3170
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Instead of nonsensical days given over to honor foolishness lets have a "Edmund Fitzgerald" day to honor all those who sail the dangerous Great Lakes.
@riverduck3
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Very nice ceremony, with the children in attendance very quiet and respectful. But there were two people in their 20s messing with the microphone needlessly, which was very disrespectful. Then the guy next to the building acting like a spy or something with his stupid camera. He had "liberal" written all over him.
@matthewuthe8888
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
More guys names messed up. This is so embarrassing dude especially on the 50th anniversary. And the fact nobody tries to correct him is shameful
@laraymcmahon7511
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
The ads are just wrong. Rest in Peace 😢
@stevekohl5351
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
"Oh God Our help in Ages Past" is the hymn of Carleton College.
@dianelijewski8650
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
❤🤍💙🙏
@BurgerkingPlayz
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
I guess my hometown is even more important than I thought! Rest in peace to all hands of the mighty Fitz. They shall never be forgotten.
@TheRugby23
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Joseph Mazes, a crew member, told family that Captain McSorely scared him because he would never pull out of a storm and put the ship in conditions no one would ever think of.
@LAWPerry
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Thinking of all the families and dear friends impacted by this tragedy. My mother is an Ashtabula, Ohioan, and we especially carry in our hearts the two sailors from Ashtabula. May all the mariners from the Fitz rest in peace for the remainder of all time. 😢
@williamhaggard451
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
The song Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald great way to honor 29 lives in 1975 rip Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song with families permission
@applthorn
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Funny how in talking about "the lessons of this loss," no one talks about greed in the raising of the load line, which reduced the ship's clearance in the water.
@vinny4411
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
All but four would be long dead now. a couple guys might be in nursing homes, in their 80s and 90s, and the four would be in their low 70s and retired…
@tomabdouch2754
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
I said a prayer for all 29 souls we lost, thoughts and prayers to all families.
@JosephCane-z5j
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
It definitely deserves respect, but what about all the other countless ships that went down
@Adam-pg6ys
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
R.I.P to all the men who died on the Edmond Fitzgerald
@cece2347
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
Appreciate this being put on YouTube for us to see. I'll never forget this tragedy. Love to the families & friends.
@RickSadler-t4o8s
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
God bless
@Charles53412
January 26, 2026 at 2:23 am
The tragedy that should have never happened! R.I.P. to all that lost their lives!
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