From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Mt Horeb Historium's 5-16 "Coffin Ships" Explores Fateful Norwegian Journey to America Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 22:01:17 +0000 Message-ID: <DM6PR04MB426824003282E37A07D044E3A10C0@DM6PR04MB4268.namprd04.prod.outlook.com>
What would you sacrifice for the hope of a better life?
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What would you risk for the chance of a better life?
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Coffin Ships:
Death on the Ocean Crossing & One Family's Story
Thursday, May 16 @ 6:30pm
The Mount Horeb Area Historical Society hosts historian Pastor Glenn Borres
on and the story of his ancestor family and their struggle to begin a new l
ife in the United States.
It is a story that is heart-wrenching, eye-opening and fascinating -and par
ticularly relevant to the history of Southwestern Dane County and Mount Hor
eb, settled by, among other international populations, a large influx of No
rwegian immigrants.
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Imagine yourself a child boarding a ship in Norway with your family, only t
o arrive weeks later in an American port city without your mother-who died
on the ocean crossing and was buried at sea.
What does this mean for your family?
Will you ever find "home" again?
Can America still be "the golden land of opportunity"?
(Right: Paster Glen Borreson)
Holmen-based Glenn Borreson is a retired Lutheran pastor and graduate of Lu
ther Collage (Decorah, IA) and Luther Seminary (St Paul, MN), and has serve
d congregations in Decorah, South Wayne, Elroy, Mauston and Holmen, Wiscons
in. After he retired, he begain researching his family history, and present
ing programs on this Norwegian-American heritage. In 2013, his article,"Fro
m Telemark to Taramack: Ski Jumping in Western Wisconsin," was published in
the Wisconsin Magazine of History.
“Coffin Ships” is part of the Driftless Historium’s 2019 theme, “Im
migrants of Wisconsin: Yesterday and Today.” With financial supported gen
erously provided by the Mount Horeb Community Foundation, the Mount Horeb A
rea Historical Society is excited to host a year-long series of exhibits an
d programs based on the history and experiences of immigrants from across t
he world who have lived, loved and lost in Wisconsin.
Immigrants and immigration might be a hot button issue—but it is nothing
new.
A mix of speakers and exhibitions about both early Wisconsin’s foreign-bo
rn settlers and immigrants of today will help audiences make connections an
d see patterns and change over time.
For more information call 608-437-6486
or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net<mailto:mthorebhistory@mhtc.net> .
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Mount Horeb Area Historical Society
Driftless Historium
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