Memorial Wreath

Memorial Day wreath, Crescent City, California

In fishing ports across the country, wreaths are tossed in the sea on the outgoing tide on Memorial Day to remember fishermen lost in the preceding year.
courtesy of Bar-O-Boys Ranch, Gasquet, California

Ocean Planet Exhibition Floorplan

gene carl feldman (gene@seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov) (301) 286-9428

Judith Gradwohl, Smithsonian Institution (Curator/Ocean Planet)