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Scheduled events for Friday May 7 |
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Cedarville Memorial Service -
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| Open to public - onboard the historic Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum - Free | |||||
| 08:30 | Mackinaw Trolley begins loops from parking area to Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum dock - Free | ||||
| 09:30 | Introductory music | ||||
| 10:00 | Flyover of Coast Guard helicopter | ||||
| Coast Guard Color Guard enters | |||||
| Pledge of allegiance | |||||
| God Bless America - all sing | |||||
| Introduction of guests by Bill Baumann | |||||
| The Icebreaker Mackinaw performed by Dan Hall | |||||
| The day the SS CEDARVILLE went down - Bill Shepler | |||||
| The history of today's event - Dick Moehl | |||||
| Icebreaker Mackinaw WLBB-30 fires flare over wreck of SS Cedarville | |||||
| Reading of names of those who perished & tolling of the bells - Leonard Gabrysiak | |||||
| Tolling of the Icebreaker Mackinaw bell - Dick Campbell | |||||
| Echo of the Conkling Heritage Park bell | |||||
| Out of the Fog performed by Dan Hall | |||||
| The Coast Guard perspective - Captain Mark Huebschman | |||||
| Blessing of the fleet - Pastor Dave Wallis | |||||
| Blessing of the Fleet performed by Dan Hall | |||||
| Conclusion - Bill Bauman | |||||
| 11:00 | Bagpipes play Amazing Grace as Coast Guard Color Guard retires | ||||
| Announcements | |||||
| Afternoon events around Mackinaw City | |||||
| All open to public | |||||
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Tours of the Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime
Museum through 5:00
pm - $5.00 per person
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| 11:15 | Lunch at the Icebreaker Mackinaw - $12.00 per person, children 4 to 12 $6.00, children under 4 free. | ||||
| Memorial stamp cancellation on Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum | |||||
| Pick up scavenger hunt forms on Icebreaker Mackinaw Maritime Museum or GLLKA Gift Shop- - Free | |||||
| 1:00 | Boat ride to the Cedarville wreck site - Shepler's Ferry - $6.00 per person | ||||
| Mackinaw Trolley begins loops between Icebreaker, State Dock and Old Mackinac Point - Free | |||||
| Tour new Icebreaker Mackinaw WLBB-30 at State Dock through 4:00 pm - Free | |||||
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Tour Old Mackinac Point lighthouse and view
shipwreck video (through 5:00 pm) - Free
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Tour McGulpin Point lighthouse (through 8:00
pm) - Free
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| "Know Your Ships: Author Roger Lelievre will be at the GLLKA Gift Shop singing books through 3:30 pm | |||||
| Singer/Songwriter Dan Hall will be at the GLLKA Gift Shop signing CD's through 4:30 pm | |||||
| Maritime video filmmaker Ric Mixter will be at the GLLKA Gift Shop singing his DVD's | |||||
| 3:00 |
Panel of Cedarville Survivors at Mackinaw
Public Library - Free
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| 6:00 | Tour new Icebreaker Mackinaw WLBB-30 at State Dock through 8:00 pm - Free | ||||
| 7:00 | Maritime star gazing with Mary Stewart Adams -
Headlands Beach House - Free
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| Refreshments and snacks - Free | |||||
| 9:00 | Lighthouses of the Straits of
Mackinac by Terry Pepper - Headlands Beach House - Free
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