Mariners Memorial Service on Nov. 10

november 3, 2009

TRAVERSE CITY – The community is invited to attend the 34th annual Mariners Memorial Service at noon Tuesday, Nov. 10 in the courtyard of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at NMC's Great Lakes Campus.

The memorial service is held to remember and honor mariners who have perished on the Great Lakes and oceans and is sponsored by the Student Propeller Club, Port 150, of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy.

This year's speaker will be RADM John Tanner. The Mariner's Hymn will be sung by the Traverse City St. Francis high school choir under the direction of Holly Olszewski.  Reverend Iakovos Olechnowicz of the Greek Orthodox Mission of Traverse City will give the invocation. 

The Great Lakes Campus is located at 715 E. Front Street, at Barlow Avenue (next to the Holiday Inn) in Traverse City. Guests are invited to enter through the glass exhibition hall and proceed into the outdoor courtyard on the north side (harbor side) of the Academy.

Refreshments will be served following the service. For more information, call the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at (231) 995-1200.

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