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Send In Your Names for the Last Stone
We're accepting names for one last stone
at Shilshole. Send
in your application now!
Shilshole Project Now Has 1,767 Names
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 at Shilshole Bay Marina. There are now a total of 1,767 names listed at the memorial.
Shilshole Project Now Has 1,767 Names
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 at Shilshole Bay Marina. There are now a total of 1,767 names listed at the memorial.
1,767 names and counting: We're accepting names for one more plaque to add to the Leif Erikson memorial at Shilshole. Act now—this could be your last chance! Photo: ©2008, Kristine Leander.
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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.
Ship the Hard Way
A team in Tønsberg, Norway, is building a replica of the ancient
Oseberg Viking ship
discovered there in 1904—using only manual power and exact copies of Viking tools.
It sounds like a boat
Leif Erikson could be proud of.
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 •