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riversedge

(78,806 posts) Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:42 AM Tuesday

"50 Years Ago" on November 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm

"50 Years Ago" on November 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. The mysterious sinking is famously documented in Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song

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"50 Years Ago" on November 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men. The mysterious sinking is famously documented in Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST...
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"50 Years Ago" on November 10, 1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm (Original Post) riversedge Tuesday OP

Until just a few years ago, I thought it was a song about a wreck in history. niyad Tuesday #1

Being in Wisconsin, the radio has played the song a few times this week. riversedge Tuesday #2

Archaeologists Investigate The Sunken Wreckage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald riversedge Tuesday #3

WATCH: Great Lakes Mariners Memorial marks 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy riversedge Tuesday #4

niyad

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1. Until just a few years ago, I thought it was a song about a wreck in history.

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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 01:57 AM

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I had no idea he wrote it about a wreck that had happened just the year before. Reading the lyrics this morning, and some of the coverage, was a real eye-opener.

riversedge

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2. Being in Wisconsin, the radio has played the song a few times this week.

Reply to niyad (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 11, 2025, 11:34 AM

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riversedge

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3. Archaeologists Investigate The Sunken Wreckage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 11:36 AM

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Archaeologists Investigate The Sunken Wreckage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald

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riversedge

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4. WATCH: Great Lakes Mariners Memorial marks 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy

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Tue Nov 11, 2025, 04:29 PM

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WATCH: Great Lakes Mariners Memorial marks 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy

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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.

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