The Lost Mariners Remembrance program was held at Dossin Museum on the evening of Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Several members of Detroit Lodge No. 7 were active participants in the ceremony: 

The program began with a Lantern Vigil held at the Edmund Fitzgerald  anchor in the recently renovated plaza adjacent to the museum. 

A musical program followed in the museum's DeRoy Hall. Lee Murdock, Great Lakes Balladeer, gave a musical presentation of "Ballads of the Great Lakes Mariners"  

The wreath laying ceremony came next. Grand Second Vice President Luke Clyburn, Detroit Lodge 1st Vice Presidents Mike Nall and Chris Stevens served in the Honor Guard. 

Captains Clyburn and Stevens participated in the wreath ceremony handing flowers in honor of departed mariners to the Coast Guard Response Boat 45632. 

The Coast Guard vessel carried the flowers to midstream to be placed on the waters of the Detroit River. The wreath was provided by Detroit Lodge No. 7.

Ray Oset, Secretary-Treasurer of Detroit Lodge No. 7, served as bugler playing Taps and Last Post salutes.

Following the wreath ceremony, the honor flotilla passed in review. Captain Bill Griffore piloted the mailboat J.W. Westcott II, one of the vessels in the honor flotilla.

Kathleen McGraw served as Necrologist, reading the names of all the vessels lost in the storms of 1871.

Joel Stone was the keynote speaker. His Lost Vessel Tribute was "1871 - A Typically Terrible Year" with images and stories about vessels and crews lost in that fateful year. 

Keynote speaker Joel Stone gives some
remarks at the Edmund Fitzgerald  anchor

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