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Shilshole Project Now Complete with 1,767 Names
The final phase of our project
at Shilshole Bay Marina is complete.
On Sunday, July 18, we unveiled 900-plus new names of Scandinavian immigrants, inscribed on plaques mounted on 13 rune stones at the
base of Seattle's Leif Erikson memorial statue. There are now a total of
1,767 names listed at the memorial.
Read more about the installation ceremony at the My Ballard blog. Or enjoy this reminiscence from one Norwegian-American mom who found four of her daughter's ancestors on the rune stones.
On Sunday, July 18, we unveiled 900-plus new names of Scandinavian immigrants, inscribed on plaques mounted on 13 rune stones at the
base of Seattle's Leif Erikson memorial statue. There are now a total of
1,767 names listed at the memorial.
Read more about the installation ceremony at the My Ballard blog. Or enjoy this reminiscence from one Norwegian-American mom who found four of her daughter's ancestors on the rune stones.
On July 18, the completed rune stones were unveiled at Seattle's Leif Erikson memorial. Pastor Dennis Andersen of Bethany Lutheran Church performed the prayerful dedication of the plaques in Norwegian and English. Photo: Karen Walsh.
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L.A. Leif
An Associated Press photo of Seattle's Leif statue appears in this Leif Erikson Day blog post from the Los Angeles Times.
Here are answers to frequently asked questions.
L.A. Leif
An Associated Press photo of Seattle's Leif statue appears in this Leif Erikson Day blog post from the Los Angeles Times.
Who We Are
LEIF is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the study,
education, and promotion of Leif Erikson as the first recorded European
to come to America, and of Scandinavian culture and connections between
Scandinavians and Americans.
CONTACT:
Leif Erikson International Foundation
206-778-1081 •
206-778-1081 •