Leif Erickson Research Paper

Leif Erickson: The real founder of America

Leif Erickson. You may not know him, but he was the founder of America. He was a viking, one of the only ones to step foot on the North American continent. I know, you were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Well you were taught wrong. People can argue this but there is actually a Leif Erikson day. October 9th.

Leif Erikson was believed to be born 960 A.D. Other sources show that there is no exact birthdate but he was born sometime in the 10th century (901-1000 A.D). He was born in Iceland, yet he was raised in Greenland. His family consisted of his father Erik the Red, mother Thjodhild, brothers Thorvald and Thorstein, sister Freydis, his grandfather Thorvald and grandmother Asvald Asvaldsson, great-grandfather Asvald Ulfsson, and later his two sons Thorkell and Thorgils. As you can see Thor(insert something) and Asvald was a family name passed down from generations. He, his father, and his mother were the ones with more unique names. He was the middle child in his family. His last name has been spelled in

There is always someone we are influencing-either leading them to good-or away from good.”, “The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” Leif Erikson day began in 1964 when in September, the Congress passed a bill that allowed President Lyndon B. Johnson declare October 9th is “Leif Erikson day”. Leif Erikson set out for the Netherlands around 1000 A.D. The reason he was going to the Netherlands was to be converted to Christianity by King Olaf the first. I believe that his father may have sent him, or King Olaf sent for him. On his way to the Netherlands, he stopped at Norway. There he met the local chief's daughter Thorgunna. Before he left, she told him that she was going to have his son. That son’s name was