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MERCHANT MARINE CUSTOM

IN HONOR OF THE SEAMEN OF THE MERCHANT MARINE WHO ARE
LOST AT SEA, THERE IS A PLACE ON THE EASTERN SEA
COAST NEAR BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS WHERE THE FAMILIES
OF THE LOST SEAMEN COME AND TOSS FLOWERS INTO THE SEA
AT LOW TIDE TO COMMEMORATE THEM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 01-16-1968

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