The Leif Erikson memorial, partially unveiled, during its dedication ceremony on October 9, 1949. Photograph by the St. Paul Dispatch-Pioneer Press.

Dedication of the Leif Erikson memorial on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on October 9, 1949. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star-Journal.

Leif Erikson statue being installed on top of a plinth on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul in October of 1949. Photograph by the Minneapolis Star-Journal.

Sculptor John Karl Daniels working on his statue of Leif Erikson, ca. 1948.

Sculptor John Karl Daniels with a model of the statue later used in the Leif Erikson memorial in St. Paul, ca. 1947. Photograph by Reed and by the Minneapolis Journal.

The Leif Erikson memorial on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul. Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Mulad, June 22, 2005. Public domain.

The Storied: Queer Voices series interviews Andrea Jenkins, a poet, writer, transgender activist, and educator. Jenkins, a Ward 8 council member and vice president of the Minneapolis City Council, holds an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University and teaches poetry at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She is a co-editor of Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride. Her book of poetry is titled The T is Not Silent: new and selected poems. Her writing is also featured in the MNHS Press books Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota and A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota.

Entryway inside the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Photo by the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame’s Facebook account, 2014.

Artifacts and photographs on display inside the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. Photo by Robin Gehl, 2020.