Blessing of the Fleet
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Morris-Fisher Factory Tall Stack 610 Menhaden Road, Reedville, Virginia 85282
The community is invited to the 48th annual Blessing of the Fleet to be held on Sunday, May 6, 2018, at 4 PM at the old Morris-Fisher factory tall stack located on Omega Protein property at 610 Menhaden Road in Reedville. Area ministers will bless the fleet signaling the beginning of the fishing season on the lower Chesapeake Bay. Local choirs and the Kilmarnock and District Pipe Band are participating.
The boat parade starts at 3:30 PM led by the Chesapeake Breeze with boats from Omega Protein, the Fisherman’s Museum, VA Resources Commission, and Smith Point Rescue.
Commercial and pleasure boat owners wishing to participate should congregate at the mouth of Cockrell’s Creek and the Great Wicomico River at 3:25 PM and follow in the procession.