For the first time, the annual Edmund Fitzgerald memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse has reached capacity in reservations.

“A record-breaking 2,000 in-person tickets have been purchased for the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting and commemoration ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse,” according to a Monday news release from the Minnesota Historical Society. “Due to the high demand, the event is now sold out.”

Nick Jungheim, communications coordinator for the historical society, explained in an email to the Duluth News Tribune that “this is the first time the event has needed an attendance cap … in the past, the site has been able to accommodate the demand. According to folks at the site, this is by far the most we’ve done in presales for this event.”

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