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Leif Erikson Day

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- 1Leif Erikson was born in Iceland in 970c.


- 2Erikson is supposed to have founded a Viking settlement at Vinland. Vinland today is known as the Canadian island of Newfoundland.

- 3Erikson has had 6 statues erected in his honor.They are located in Iceland, Norway, Boston, Seattle, Cleveland and Minnesota.


- 4Leif Ericson was the son of a Norse chief Erik the Red, named for his red beard.Erik the Red discovered Greenland.


- 5It wasn't until 1964 that congress gave approval for Leif Erikson Day to be celebrated as a national holiday.


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- This is my Flash Card Deck about the big man from Iceland.
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