Join us Tuesday, June 6, for the annual Tuesday Open House Seminar.
See the agenda below. Click here to register.
Tuesday Open House
Second Summer Seminar
June 6, 2023
Theme: Dreams of a Better Life: A story of immigration
Date: June 6, 2023
Time: 9:15 am to 3:00 pm Doors will open at 8:30 am and coffee will be available
Cost: $25.00 (donation includes coffee, or other beverages, and lunch)
Location: Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church - Mindekirken
Fellowship Hall
924 East 21st Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Agenda
9:15 Welcome
9:30—10:30 Celebrations Planned for 2025 Bicentennial
Terje Joranger, Director, Emigrant Museum, Ottestad, Norway
10:40—11:40 Emigration from Amsterdam and Then to New Amsterdam
Frans-Arne Hedlund from Norway
11:45—12:30 Lunch
12:40— 1:40 Why did people emigrate?
John Christianson, Professor Emeritus from Luther College
1:50— 2:50 The Emigrant Trunk
Roger Hellesvig, as an immigrant with his trunk
2:50— 3:00 Closing Comments
