Today is the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. I was a senior in high school in November of 1975 at the time of this mysterious tragedy, and had recently graduated when Gordon Lightfoot's song was released in August of the next year. The song reached #1 in Canada and #2 in the US and helped to bring a midwestern disaster national/international recognition.
My card for today commemorates those 29 souls lost. I chose papers and embellishments that I hoped would reflect the swirling mists, thick ice, and perilous storm that overtook the ship on Lake Superior on that awful day.
I was inspired by this post for the fold/measurements of this project.
Supplies:
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Great Lakes Freighter - The Edmund Fitz...
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Patriotic Sentiments
- Craft Consortium Over the Rainbow 6x6
- Craft Consortium Metal Textures 6x6
- Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Countdown
- Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
- May Arts Baker's Twine - 110 Yard Spool - Kraft
- Gems
Edmund Fitzgerald Resources:
- Great Lakes Maritime Museum
- National Museum of The Great Lakes
- Lake Erie Living article
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot (song on YouTube)
- Gordon Lightfoot's website (full lyrics and revisions)
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