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2025 Leif Eiriksson and 50 Års Jubileum Banquet
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Jessica Moore
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About this event
Please join the Norwegian Society of Texas for our 2025 Leif Eiriksson and 50 År Jubileum Banquet in celebration of the bicentennial of the first organized emigration from Norway to America.
Friday, October 10
Canyon Creek Country Club
625 W. Lookout Drive
Richardson, Texas 75080
Doors open at 6:30 pm / cash bar
Dinner served at 7:15 pm
Special Guest Speaker
Mr. Thomas Mannes
Owner, Cleng Peerson Farm, Bosque County, Texas
Mr. Mannes grew up near Kopervik, Norway, and now lives in Tysvær, Norway.
In 2012, he and his wife purchased the property where Cleng Peerson, the Father of Norwegian Emigration to America, lived his final years. Under Mr. Mannes’ care, the property is now recognized as a National Historic Property and features the original log cabin, a smokehouse, family cemetery and much more.
Who better than Mr. Mannes to bring the bicentennial commemoration full circle as he takes us on “A Visit to Cleng Peerson Farm.”
Delicious three-course meal includes your choice of
Norwegian grilled salmon with pesto cream sauce or
grilled chicken breast with lemon piccata sauce.
Includes spinach salad, New York-style cheesecake, iced tea and coffee.
Business attire or Bunad
$75.00 for members / $95.00 for non-members
RSVP by October 3, 2025