President Trump proclaimed October 9 as Leif Erikson Day to honor the Norse explorer who reached North America 500 years ...

Explore Leif Erikson Day, honoring the Norse explorer who reached North America before Columbus, and its cultural ...

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION More than a millennium ago, legendary Norse Viking Leif Erikson forever changed the course ...

Nearly 500 years before Columbus set sail, Viking explorer Leif Erikson landed on the shores of North America. The city of Norway will come together to celebrate that Norse adventurer Saturday with ...

President Donald Trump proclaimed October 9 as Leif Erikson Day to honor the Norse explorer who reached North America ...

Lace up your sneakers and get ready to hit the pavement on Saturday for the annual Leif’s Run. “The event kicks off the Leif ...

Leif Erikson, was the first European known to have sighted America in the year 1000, almost five centuries before the famous voyages of Christopher Columbus. Erikson sightings resulted in several ...

Today is the 80th anniversary of the arrival of the Leif Erikson Viking ship to Duluth. On June 23, 1927, Captain Gerhard Folgero and his crew of three accomplished the goal of reenacting Leif Erikson ...