Delaware Valley Swedish Heritage Sites Map Unveiled

The New Sweden Centre has erected a map sign, at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard, 1124 E 7th St., Left to right is Janet Anderson (President of New Sweden Centre) Elise Peters (Director of the Swedish Council of America Alexa Pierce-Matlack (Geo-caching/map project leader) Aleasa Hogate (NSC Education Director) and Susan Pierce (NSC treasurer and mother of Alexa Pierce)Wilmington, DE, with 30 Swedish Heritage sites and museums the public may visit in the Delaware Valley. This informative sign has been designed to complement the State of Delaware’s newly launched Geo-caching History Trail that was initiated Oct 6th, 2009.

The Swedish Council of America, a national umbrella organization of Swedish Culture and History, participated in the unveiling and dedication of map October 22nd as part of a tour of many of these sites in conjunction with their National conference held in Philadelphia, Pa.

Read the full article in the October 27, 2009 edition of DelawareOnline.com.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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