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50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever

50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever

The exact cause of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking is still a mystery, but the lasting legacy is this: There were more than 6,000 shipwrecks on the Great Lakes in the century prior to the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Not one commercial vessel has sunk since.
by Dan Kraker

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50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior

50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
by Neda Ulaby

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New documentary follows divers down to wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald

New documentary follows divers down to wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald

Executive producer Joe Augustine joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer on Morning Edition Thursday to talk about making the short film and the divers’ theories behind the Fitzgerald’s fate.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Minnesota's first Black female attorney gets her own street

Minnesota's first Black female attorney gets her own street

A Minneapolis street once named after segregationist Edmund Walton has been renamed to honor Lena Olive Smith, Minnesota's first Black female attorney.
by Olivia Hanson

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WWI soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later

WWI soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later

Messages in a bottle written by two World War I soldiers have been discovered on Australia's coast. The Brown family found the bottle on Oct. 9 at Wharton Beach in Western Australia. Inside were letters from Australian soldiers Malcolm Neville and William Harley, dated Aug. 15, 1916.
by The Associated Press

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Record attendance expected for Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse

Record attendance expected for Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse

Organizers of the annual Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse on Minnesota’s North Shore say next month’s event is now sold out — with record-breaking attendance expected on the 50th anniversary of the wreck.
by Andrew Krueger

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How presidents have changed the White House

How presidents have changed the White House

President Donald Trump is demolishing the East Wing to make room for a ballroom. His administration says he’s continuing a presidential legacy of White House renovations, but this is the biggest in decades.
by Rachel Treisman

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Michigan is paying $600K to settle a police case and getting an artifact from a famous shipwreck

Michigan is paying $600K to settle a police case and getting an artifact from a famous shipwreck

The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck.
by The Associated Press

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