Today marked "Leif Erikson Day," which commemorates the "discovery of the New World" by the Norse explorer from Iceland, who is said to have settled in "Vinland" – likely modern day Newfoundland.

Buckley Jr. V-E Day Should Be a Day of Celebration, Not Solemn Remembrance The Specter of Vietnam Even today, the national holiday celebrating Leif Erikson’s landing in Newfoundland hasn’t ...

Others, however, will opt for Oct. 9 to celebrate something else: Leif Erikson Day, a celebration of the Viking explorer credited with reaching the continent around the year 1000, nearly 500 years ...

Happy Leif Erikson Day! Every year on October 9, the Norse explorer from Iceland, who is believed to have settled in America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus, is celebrated.

The county will hold a Leif Erikson Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 8 on the Ozora Meadow at Tribble Mill Park in Lawrenceville. Attendees are invited to dress up in medieval ...