Blessing of the Fleet

Archive

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Blessing of the Fleet

Entry/Object ID

2002.0613.595

Scope and Content

"Blessing of the Fleet is a colorful annual ritual. Commerical fishing boats are decorated with flags, pennants and flowers as they parade out to sea where the fleet is blessed and services are held in rememberance of fishermen who were lost or died at sea." sent to Mrs. Fred Gould of Stonington 1983 Copy on slide 127-2 taken by Ingrid Fedderson, 1991 Index card done by Jack Fix

Collection

Dorothea Hewitt Gould Collection