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| The
poster advertising the Emigration Festival in Stavanger, July 4, 2000,
now hanging in our dinning room in California. |
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actors and dignitaries prepare to form a parade to the dock. |
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| Sons
of Norway float in the Emigration parade. Uncle Sverie, Ernst, and Keith |
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| A
fjording (fjord horse) for our horse loving friend, Cyndi, back home. |
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| Keith
and Ernst try to get the horse to pose. |
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| The
emigrants have packed their belongings for the trip to "Amerika" and join
the parade. |
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| The
actors and dignitaries make ready for the parade at the gazellen. |
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| Red
coated guards lead the parade. We learned only much later that the carrier
of the Norway flag turned out to be another cousin, Sverre Lima. |
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| Emigrant/actors
head toward the harbor. |
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| Actors
and a fine horse and carriage set out as well. |
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Sons of Norway float gets under way. |
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parade stops traffic at a busy intersection near the harbor. |
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| The
Sloop, Anna of Sand, playing the role of the sloop Restauration, approaches
the dock to receive passengers bound for America. |
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| Keith
and Ernst, descendants of those who stayed and those who left, symbolically
greet each other after the 175 years since the Restoration sailed. |
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| Keith
aboard the sloop role plays Jakob who took his tools to America only to
drop them in New York Harbor. Cousin Ernst looks on. |
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| Keith
& Ernst pose for the Aftenblad photographer. Photo by Matt Rosdal, Slooper
descendant. |
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| Keith
gets tour below decks on the sloop. Stavanger Aftenblad reporter on the
left, Captain and crew man on the right. |
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| Keith,
Captain and 1st Mate pose for more pictures for the Stavanger newspaper. |
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| We
are introduced to more cousins. To the right of Uncle Sverie, is his older
brother and another "cousin" Arne Mauldal (far right). |
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| Emigrant/actors
prepare to board the sloop. Singer/songwriter Tom Russell in black jacket
looks on. |
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We learned later that the flag being flown
this day on the Anna of Sand was incorrect and upset many folks knowledgeable
with flag & naval history. A newspaper article appeared a few days later
explaining this problem. You can read this Stavanger Aftenblad
article in either Norwegian or English by going to our "Newspaper
Articles" page.
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| The
actors settle in their places on the loaded sloop. |
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| The
sloop starts to sail off. |
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| The
sloop under sail heading towards the North Sea. |
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| The
old restored steam ship Gamle Rogaland "returns" symbolically in the 1920's
bring returning emigrants to visit their homeland. |
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since 11/28/01