The Manitowoc County Historical Society is hosting a Hungry for History Speaker Series on the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The program will be held on February 21 at 5:30 pm at the Holiday Inn. Bestselling author and speaker Rochelle Pennington will be on hand to talk about the largest shipwreck ever to go down on the Great Lakes, the “Edmund Fitzgerald” which disappeared into a stormy Lake Superior on November 10, 1975. Advanced registration is required by calling (920) 684-4445 or register online at ManitowocCountyHistory.org/programs/edmundfitzgerald.
Pennington will delve into the history and mystery of the vessel and will explore the opposing views of dive detectives who are still trying to determine what led to the demise of the 29-man crew. The massive ore freighter, built and owned by Milwaukee’s Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., was named after its president, Edmund Fitzgerald, who helped establish the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society. Audience members will be led from the ship’s launch to its final radio broadcasts, and from the “Fitz’s” discovery on Superior’s bottom to the location of the vessel’s artifacts in various museums. This program is part of the Society’s Hungry for History series with a meal following the program.
For more information on this program and additional Hungry for History series programs in 2019 visit the Manitowoc County Historical Society’s website at ManitowocCountyHistory.org/hungry4history/.
