TRAVERSE CITY -- The community is invited to attend the 36th annual Mariners Memorial Service.

The memorial service will take place Thursday at noon in the courtyard of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy at NMC's Great Lakes Campus.

The service will begin with a flyover by the U.S. Coast Guard at noon, weather permitting. The guest speaker is Rear Admiral John Tanner, Superintendent of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy from 1995 to 2010. Soloist Holly Olszewski will sing the Mariner's Hymn.

The Great Lakes Campus is located at 715 E. Front Street, at Barlow Avenue (next to the Holiday Inn) in Traverse City. Guests are invited to enter through the glass exhibition hall and proceed into the outdoor courtyard on the north side (harbor side) of the Academy.