Beaver Island group drops a wreath at the Carl D. Bradley wreck site, 2008

Event

Date: 2008-11-19
Kind: Celebration
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimeheritageheritagecommunication
Within: place/lake-michigan

Summary

On November 19, 2008, a Beaver Island group flew over the Carl D. Bradley wreck site on the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking and dropped a wreath. Island Airways donated aircraft time, and the report notes a prayer and the Historical Society’s restored Bradley lifeboat.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper account of a memorial flight, not a wreck-site survey or complete Bradley disaster history.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "Honoring the Memory of the Bradley."
Reports a November 19 wreath drop at the Carl D. Bradley wreck site, with Island Airways aircraft, Beaver Island Historical Society board members, a chaplain’s prayer, and the Bradley lifeboat preserved for display. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the memorial flight report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island group drops a wreath at the Carl D. Bradley wreck site, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-carl-bradley-50th-anniversary-wreath-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "Honoring the Memory of the Bradley." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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