To our valued MHSD members, 

 

It’s time to renew your annual membership in the Marine Historical Society of Detroit! This year, we are offering some new ways for you to receive your Historian, and also a new way to renew.

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One-Year Membership (U.S. and Canada) is still just $40.
Our membership year begins September 1.

 

Mail or PDF?

Like many similar groups, the MHSD is struggling with increased postage and printing costs. Even though our membership numbers are going up, we need to work on cutting costs so we can remain financially healthy going forward. That is why we are offering you a choice on how you receive your monthly Historian. You can continue to get your Historian by postal mail if you wish, but we are now making it available as a PDF file as an alternative. Being able to email an electronic version of the Historian would be result in a substantial savings for the organization.

 

• If you choose the e-mailed PDF option, you will receive the Historian in FULL COLOR and with bonus content!

• If you choose to continue to get the Historian by mail, nothing will change.

• For both options, your annual calendar with be mailed to you in October.

 

IMPORTANT: As of this renewal period, starting on July 1, 2025, we will be using the payment platform Stripe. We will no longer be using PayPal for MHSD payments. We will still accept renewals by check (see below).

 

Auto Renewal (Optional)

We are also offering another option for how you renew your membership.

As a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, we spend a lot of time and money each year mailing renewal forms to subscribers and members. In addition to ensuring that you continue to receive your subscriptions and membership services without interruption, setting your subscription or membership to AUTO RENEW on Stripe helps us cut back on mailing and postage expenses. And you never have to wonder if you have renewed!

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Members who currently have their email address on file will receive an email with “Your 2025 MHSD Renewal: One Simple Link” in the subject field.

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You will receive an email reminder about your auto renewal 7 days before the transaction is charged to your card. If you do not wish to auto-renew, you may opt out at any time by contacting us at Samuel@mhsd.org.

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Benefits of membership

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Membership in the Marine Historical Society of Detroit is an excellent way to gain insight into the Great Lakes shipping scene past and present. We would be pleased to have you join us. Annual dues are just $40 and include:

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• 12 issues of our monthly publication, The Detroit Marine Historian. View a recent issue HERE.

• The society's beautiful, full-color 12-month calendar featuring color images of historic Great Lakes vessels, the only annual calendar of its kind and sure to please any ship buff.

• Invitations to our regular entertainment meetings. In the past, these have included cruises about the Diamond Jack River Tours boats as well as our annual dinner meeting, held each year in May.

• Past calendars and back issues of The Historian are available to members at a modest cost. Each month features the color picture and information relating to the history of the vessel.

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As a non-profit 501 (c) (3) and a fully volunteer organization, The Marine Historical Society of Detroit counts on members like you to help support its endeavors in the preservation of Great Lakes maritime history. As we all know, many fine chapters of history have drawn to a close as the size of the Great Lakes fleet continues to dwindle. With your help we will continue fulfilling our mission, which is to remember the ships and sailors that have plied the Great Lakes and their contributions to our history.

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