Leif Erikson Day
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Leif Erikson Day is an annual observance that occurs on October 9. It honors Leif Erikson, the Norse explorer who, in approximately 1000 AD, led the first Europeans believed to have set foot on the co
U.S. stamp issued on Leif Erikson Day, 1968 (featuring Reykjavík's statue of Leif)
2012 Leif Erikson Day proclamation event in Las Vegas, Nevada
Nordic and Scandinavian Americans are Americans of Scandinavian and/or Nordic ancestry, including Danish Americans, Faroese Americans, Finnish Americans, Greenlandic Americans, Icelandic Americans, No
Leif Erikson Day
…joint resolution, each president in the years since has issued an annual proclamation, often using the opportunity also to praise the contributions of Americans of Nordic descent generally and the spirit of discovery. Bills have been introduced in the Parliament of Canada to observe Leif Erikson Day throughout the country, but…
Group of Sámi reindeer herders, 1898, Seattle.