We know of the stalwart Vikings who conquered ocean distances to land on our shores 500 years before Columbus and left an imperishable mark of their amazing civilization. We know. too. of the hardy Norse settlers who came centuries later and hewed their homes from the wilderness. We know how these immigrants. schooled in liberty. justice. and independence smoothly assimilated into the life of our Nation. We take the fiercest of pride in names which breathe the spirit of sportsmanshipenergy and ingenuitysuch as that of Knute Rockne as American in spirit as it was Norwegian in origin. We take pride in those other sons and daughters which Norway has given to humanityEdvard Grieg.
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