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Join Ric Mixter to learn about the Most Famous Shipwrecks of All Time on Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Reynolds Township Library Program Center. In this unique lecture, Ric shares stories that are over four thousand years old, carved into cuneiform tablets found in ancient Iraq and on tomb walls in Egypt. From the most published stories of the biblical flood to Saint Paul’s near disaster off the coast of Malta, Ric separates fact from fiction and shares deepwater finds of Phoenician ships and ancient machines to the legendary Titanic and Lusitania disasters.In his discovery for the most famous, he looks at the most visited shipwrecks today, including two in Europe that have been raised as well as the memorial to the Arizona, where tens of millions have paid respects to the thousand men who were killed aboard at Pearl Harbor. With a special emphasis on Great Lakes stories, Ric shares tragic stories from the Lady Elgin and Fitzgerald and also his family connection to a tragic North Atlantic shipwreck you’ve never heard of.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
121 S Lincoln St, Howard City, MI 49329, United States
