American History

It was a very informative documentary. I was especially moved by the ending, during which twenty years later--in the 90s--the family members gathered on a ship and each person got to ring the ship's bell when his/her family member's name was called out. I had not realized that the ship's bell had been recovered from the wreck and displayed as a memorial to the 29 men who lost their lives.

Also, I cried when the movie showed the new bell, which had been inscribed with each man's name along with his duty on the ship, installed 500 feet beneath the waves as a permanent memorial to the Edmund Fitzgerald.

I always tear up whenever I hear the song by Gordon Lightfoot.