ghost1000
10-06-2006, 03:19 PM
Happy Lief Erikson Day!!
Although many government agencies are celebrating Columbus Day on Monday, that day has actually be designated as Lief Erikson Day in honor of the Vikings, who REALLY discovered America.
Why October 9??
"Leif Ericson was the first European known to have discovered and settled on this continent in 1003-1004 AD, nearly 500 years before Columbus.
Leif Ericson Day was designated by Act of Congress in a joint resolution approved on September 2, 1964. (Public Law 88-566). This resolution established October 9th. each year as "Leif Ericson Day". President Clinton's 1997 Proclmation!
According to Ivar Christensen, President of the Leif Ericson Society International, October 9th. was selected because October 9th., 1825 was the arrival date of the first Norwegian immigrant ship, the "Restauration", which landed in New York from Norway on that date."
Information courtesy of Lief Ericson Viking Ship (http://www.vikingship.org/)
Although many government agencies are celebrating Columbus Day on Monday, that day has actually be designated as Lief Erikson Day in honor of the Vikings, who REALLY discovered America.
Why October 9??
"Leif Ericson was the first European known to have discovered and settled on this continent in 1003-1004 AD, nearly 500 years before Columbus.
Leif Ericson Day was designated by Act of Congress in a joint resolution approved on September 2, 1964. (Public Law 88-566). This resolution established October 9th. each year as "Leif Ericson Day". President Clinton's 1997 Proclmation!
According to Ivar Christensen, President of the Leif Ericson Society International, October 9th. was selected because October 9th., 1825 was the arrival date of the first Norwegian immigrant ship, the "Restauration", which landed in New York from Norway on that date."
Information courtesy of Lief Ericson Viking Ship (http://www.vikingship.org/)