Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even though the Rouse Simmons sank in 1912 in choppy Lake Michigan waters, its legacy continues to live on every holiday season.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The tradition of the Christmas Tree Ship lives on. On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw delivered more than 1,000 Christmas trees and homemade Christmas cards ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Captain Herman Schuenemann and two crewmen on the deck of the "Christmas Tree Ship" called the Rouse Simmons.Wisconsin Historical ...

In 1912, the Grinch didn’t ruin Christmas — a tragic shipwreck did. For more than two decades around the turn of the century, a German immigrant named Herman Schuenemann engaged in an unlikely ...

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Captain Herman Schuenemann (center) and two members of his crew Photo by Chicago Historical Society With a load of fragrant evergreens from Michigan’s Northwoods, the legendary schooner Rouse Simmons, ...

The U.S. Coast Guard once again has delivered a boat-load of holiday cheer from Northern Michigan to Chicago families while retracing the route of the ill-fated Christmas Tree Ship. By delivering ...

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was met by a small group of protesters as she made an appearance at the annual voyage of Chicago’s Christmas tree ship, the USCGC ...

A long-running holiday tradition returned to Navy Pier on Saturday morning, delivering more than a thousand Christmas trees to Chicago families who need them most. This year's event also drew ...

In 1912, the Grinch didn't ruin Christmas — a tragic shipwreck did. For more than two decades around the turn of the century, a German immigrant named Herman Schuenemann engaged in an unlikely ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The tradition of the Christmas Tree Ship lives on. On Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw delivered more than 1,000 Christmas trees and homemade Christmas cards ...