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Decades-long Depoe Bay Memorial Day ceremony the target of Charter Boat boycott

For the first time in its nearly 80-year history, Depoe Bay’s annual Fleet of Flowers procession will be missing several charter boats that have normally been involved in the ceremony. The boycott, ...
Oregonian

Oregon coast city’s Memorial Day tradition faces boycott this year as boaters protest harbor fees

For the first time in its 80-year history, many of Depoe Bay’s charter boats will not take part in the Oregon coast city’s iconic Fleet of Flowers, a maritime Memorial Day parade that typically draws ...
KGW8

Depoe Bay Fleet of Flowers ceremony honors navy sailors, commercial fishermen and others lost at sea

DEPOE BAY, Ore. — With the sound of a boat horn echoing over the harbor and flower petals scattering into the Pacific, the annual Fleet of Flowers once again paid tribute to those lost at sea. Despite ...