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"Blessing Of The Fleet...is an old-world custom in which hundreds of gaily decorated boats parade in the largest maritime parade in the South. The Ritual of the Sea is intoned on the boats and fishermen for a safe voyage, bountiful catch and a speedy return from their fishing trips into the Gulf of Mexico." View of boats. Side 2.
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"Blessing Of The Fleet...is an old-world custom in which hundreds of gaily decorated boats parade in the largest maritime parade in the South. The Ritual of the Sea is intoned on the boats and fishermen for a safe voyage, bountiful catch and a speedy return from their fishing trips into the Gulf of Mexico." View of boats. Side 2.
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- Item: 27
- Description: "Blessing Of The Fleet...is an old-world custom in which hundreds of gaily decorated boats parade in the largest maritime parade in the South. The Ritual of the Sea is intoned on the boats and fishermen for a safe voyage, bountiful catch and a speedy return from their fishing trips into the Gulf of Mexico." View of boats. Side 2.
- Creator(s): Gibson, Gertrude
- Date: 1969
- City/State: Mississippi
- County: Harrison County
- Call Number: PI/2008.0001
- Filename: 119048-photo-2.tif