Even today, the national holiday celebrating Leif Erikson’s landing in Newfoundland hasn’t stirred anything like the controversy surrounding Columbus Day. ‘They then left to sail to the east ...

Soukup says Leif Ericson will host a Volunteer Day on Saturday, with people tackling a variety of projects. “A big majority ...

Leif Erikson day is observed on Oct. 9 each year, though it is not a federal holiday. It commemorates the first recorded Nordic person to have come to North America. Some speculated that he even ...

Leif Erikson (also spelled Ericsson, or Eiriksson) was the second of three sons of Erik the Red, who established a settlement in Greenland after he was exiled from Iceland. Leif Erikson's story ...