Upcoming Monthly Presentations
Previous Saginaw River Marine Historical Society (SRMHS) Saturday evening presentations are here.
On the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society (SRMHS) YouTube channel at youtube.com/@srmhs, you will find FREE video recordings of some of the past SRMHS monthly presentations. You can subscribe to the SRMHS YouTube channel to be notified about new presentations and other content.
The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society has seven monthly FREE presentations a year and they start at 6:30 pm on the third Saturday of each month USUALLY at Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan (unless there is a different location / day / time for a specific presentation). Please use the Fifth Street entrance at the back of the church. A map with the location of the church from Google Maps is here. NOTE: Our regular presentations are open to the public and there is no charge to attend. Customarily, there are no presentations in May, June, July, August, and December.
November 2025 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: Bob Myers with "Of Icebergs and Inquiries: Michiganders on the Titanic"
​Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop (located near the center court fountain) in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall). Bay City Town Center address is 4101 E. Wilder Rd., Bay City, Michigan
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When the luxury ocean liner RMS Titanic went down in 1912, many Michiganders tragically lost their lives. Within a week, U.S. Senator William Alden Smith of Grand Rapids convened the U.S. inquiry into the disaster. Learn about the Michigan survivors and victims, as well as Senator Smith's far-reaching quest for answers.
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Robert (Bob) Myers is the Director of History Programming for the Historical Society of Michigan (HSM) in Lansing, Michigan..
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Map with the location of the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall) is here.
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Photo: Bob Myers
January 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: "To Be Announced," by Cassandra Sadler
​Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan
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Cassandra Sadler is a maritime archaeologist and Research Protection Specialist for NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, based in Alpena, Michigan. Hailing from Delaware, she spent her academic career participating in projects in Rhode Island, the Mid-Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Bass Strait, Bermuda, and Cyprus before moving up to the Great Lakes in 2022. As a NOAA Diver, Cassandra enjoys exploring and documenting the dozens of historic shipwrecks scattered throughout northern Lake Huron's sanctuary waters.
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Map with the location of Trinity Episcopal Church from Google Maps is here​.
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Photo: Casandra Sadler
February 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: "To Be Announced," by Mike Mishler
​Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan
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Map with the location of Trinity Episcopal Church from Google Maps is here​.
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Photo of Mike Mishler, taken during his presentation for the SRMHS on April 9, 2022.
March 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: "Valley Girls: Shipwrecks from the Saginaw Valley," by Ric Mixter
​Date: Saturday, March 21, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop (located near the center court fountain) in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall). Bay City Town Center address is 4101 E. Wilder Rd., Bay City, Michigan
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​Michigan was once a Mecca for shipbuilding, and Bay City led the world in wooden ship building with massive oak freighters reaching over 300 feet in length. Ric dives the remains of these massive ships and shares the stories behind the most famous hulls constructed on the Saginaw River. Featuring stories of the CITY OF BANGOR, SEVONA, PRETORIA, destroyer escort USS RICH, and the largest ship lost on Lake Huron, the DANIEL J. MORRELL. Ric also shares footage of the KNORR, the research ship that found TITANIC.
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Ric Mixter is a marine historian, author, videographer, lecturer.
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Map with the location of the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop in the Bay City Town Center (formerly known as Bay City Mall) is here.
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Photo of Ric Mixter, taken during his presentation for the SRMHS on April 19, 2025.
April 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: "To Be Announced," by Jan McMeans, SRMHS Member
​Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan
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Map with the location of Trinity Episcopal Church from Google Maps is here​.
September 2026 Saginaw River Marine Historical Society presentation...
FREE Program: "To Be Announced," by Andrea Guerriero, Bill Kloss (Andrea's Cleveland Editor) and Jon Columbus (Andrea's Duluth/Superior Editor)
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Trinity Episcopal Church, 815 N. Grant St. (and Center Ave.), Bay City, Michigan
Andrea Guerriero's "DRE Designs - Great Lakes Marine Products" Facebook page has over 150,000 followers. LINK: https://www.facebook.com/DreDesignsGLMP.​​​
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Map with the location of Trinity Episcopal Church from Google Maps is here​.
"SRMHS Annual Memorial Service for men and women from the Saginaw Valley who lost their lives while working on boats on the Great Lakes"
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On Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 4:00 pm, the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society will hold its Annual Memorial Service for men and women from the Saginaw Valley who lost their lives while working on boats on the Great Lakes. This short service will be held at the USS EDSON. The public is welcome to attend.
(Since May 7, 2013, the USS EDSON has been located just inside Bay County's Bangor Township, permanently moored in the Saginaw River. A map from Google Maps showing the location of the USS EDSON is here.
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The postal address for the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum, home of the USS EDSON DD-946: 1680 Martin St, Bay City, Michigan.)