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DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY / DOSSIN MARITIME GROUP Mark your calendars for these upcoming events! Upcoming 50th Anniversary events at the Dossin Wednesday, June 16 - Curator Chat with Joel Stone featuring the new exhibit Life on a Long Ship: Great Lakes Sailors Starting at 6 p.m., curator Joel Stone transports you into the lives of Great Lakes sailors and highlights their changing duties on freighters throughout history. Also view the exhibit that celebrates 50 years of maritime history at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Learn from this enthusiastic maritime historian about various personal recollections involved in bringing these exhibits to life. Free for Detroit Historical Society/Dossin Maritime Group members and $20 for guests. Call (313) 833-1801 to reserve your spot. Saturday, July 24 -- Dossin 50th Anniversary Celebration The Dossin Great Lakes Museum opened to the public for the first time on July 24, 1960. Mark the Museum's 50th birthday in a special way with free cake and an appearance by Annessa Carlisle, author of "Bob-Lo: An Island in Troubled Waters," bringing a different perspective to the history of one of metro Detroit's most beloved attractions. Free admission from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, August 21 & 22 and 28 & 29 -- Ship Spectacular These two weekends provide your chance to get close to some of the vessels that regularly travel the Great Lakes including the GREY FOX, J.W. WESTCOTT and PRIDE OF MICHIGAN! Come talk with the crew and learn more about the boats themselves as they are docked adjacent to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Visit www.detroithistorical.org or call (313) 833-1801 to learn more about these ships, the dates and times they plan to dock. CONTENTS• Detroit Historical Society News.................................................................35 A River Race................................................................................... 37 Gothic Room.................................................................................... 3g SAM LAUD Celebrates 35th Anniversary........................................................... 42 Report of the Chief Signal Officer..............................................................44 Seaway News.................................................................................... 4g OUR COVER PICTURE . . . THE GOTHIC ROOM - Once a smoking lounge on the D&C Steamer City of Detroit III, the Gothic Room has been restored to its original grandeur in the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Color Photo by Harry Wolf Telescope© is produced with assistance from the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, operated by the Detroit Historical Society. Published in Detroit, Michigan by the Dossin Maritime Group / Detroit Historical Society ©All rights reserved. Printed in the United States by Graphics East