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The Mariners' Church in Detroit will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck.

Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 ballad is inextricably linked to the maritime tragedy that killed 29 men.

Lightfoot felt a responsibility to the families and the event, even changing a lyric after learning more about the church.

The church bell will be rung 29 times for each man lost, a tradition immortalized in the song.

DETROIT — Here in the Mariners' Church, planted in the shadow of the Renaissance Center at the corner of Woodbridge Street and Woodward Avenue, the gales of November seem to swirl in the air.

The English country gothic stone church has stood here for 176 years, welcoming sailors and grieving for them, offering prayers for shipmates setting out on the

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