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Leif Erikson by John K. Daniels, 1948–49, near the Minnesota State Capitol. The oldest public statue of Leif Erikson , by Anne Whitney , placed in Boston in 1887. A 'Leif Ericson' proof dollar from the United States, minted in 2000.
Leif Erikson. Leif Erikson is thought to have been the first known European to have set foot on continental North America (not including Greenland) in 1000 A.D. The Leif Erikson Monument Association formed with the purpose of erecting a memorial to Leif Erikson on a nearby site and was organized partially in response to the Mall's Columbus memorial which was dedicated in 1931.
Leif, the Discoverer is a bronze sculpture of Leif Ericson created by American sculptor Anne Whitney. The statue was erected on November 15, 1887 in Juneau Park in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , United States.
Leif Erikson Day is an annual observance that occurs on October 9. [1] It honors Leif Erikson ( Old Norse : Leifr Eiríksson ), [ note 1 ] the Norse explorer who, in approximately 1000 , led the first Europeans believed to have set foot on the continent of North America (other than Greenland ).
Minnesota sculptor John Karl Daniels did both the Alexander Wilkin and John B. Sanborn statues. These were the first of several statues he did at the Capitol including three on the Capitol grounds, Knute Nelson in 1928, Leif Erikson in 1949, and the Earthbound Monument in 1956. [25]
Leif Eriksson is an outdoor statue by Anne Whitney at the west end of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [1] Installed in 1887, it was the first public sculpture to honor the Norse explorer in the New World .
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