‘There Was No Safe Harbor’ in Armistice Day Storm 85 Years Ago: 150 Dead, 3 Freighters Lost in Lake Michigan

‘There was no safe harbor’ in Armistice Day storm 85 years ago: 150 dead, 3 freighters lost in Lake Michigan

LUDINGTON, MI - The Armistice Day Storm of 1940 was a freak weather event that killed more than 150 people, including 64 sailors on Lake Michigan. Hurricane-force winds were whipping up 40-foot waves as part of the early winter storm on Nov. 11-12 that cut a wide swath of destruction from Kansas into Michigan.

Veteran's Day - Armistice Day - Pres. Warren Harding On Return Of War Dead

Armistice Day – For many, the return was considerably different than the sendoff. https://oildale.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/22141414/Pres.-Warren-G.-Harding-return-of-5000-War-dead-1921.mp3 As a reminder that November 11th was originally designated Armistice Day, because that was the day the fighting stopped in World War 1. At the time, it was the costliest, most horrific war in recorded history – one that achieved the bitter …