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Show THE BULLETIN Celebration Honors First Swedish Colonists in U. S. Nation-Wid- e Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf Coming to Unveil Monument at Wilmington, Del., Where His Landed 300 Years Ago and to Dedicate Historical Museum in Philadelphia Which They Settled 39 Years Before the Arrival of William Penn. Fellow-Countrym- en Western Newspaper Union. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON There they will be greeted by President Roosevelt and officials of the state of Delaware. The crown prince will present the monument, carved out of native black granite by the noted Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, to the United States on behalf of Sweden. President Roosevelt will Prints. Gov. Johan accept it formally and deliver it into the custody of the state of Delaware. This event at Wilmington and the dedication the following day of the American Swedish Historical museum in Philadelphia will inaugurate the nationwide an three-hundred- th niversary celebration of the an- land- ing of the Swedish colonists. The museum was recently endowed with a $750,000 fund contributed by 2,000,000 Swedish Americans throughout the nation in a campaign sponsored by the Swedish American Tercentenary association. It will be dedicated by the crown prince as a shrine of Swedish contributions to the cultural life of America. New Sweden Founded. The anniversary celebration has occasioned a widespread revival of interest in the story of the colonists in whose memory it is being held. Many new facts have come to light concerning the foundation of the colony of New Sweden, which comprised parts of what are now the states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey. The Kalmar Nyckel and the Fogel Grip sailed from the Gothenburg harbor in Sweden in early November, 1637, with colonists, supplies for the Indian trade and enough soldiers to garrison a fort. The company, led by Peter Minuit, had been commissioned by Axel Oxenstierna, regent for the young Queen Christina of Sweden, to found a Swedish colony in the Delaware river valley. Something of the wealth of the valley was known in Sweden. Peter Minuit had been governor of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam and had brought bark to the Old World tales of the rich beaver trade existing in the valley region. The idea of Swedish three-hundred- an anni- versary celebration is to keep the memory of all these great names and events alive in the Milles popular imagination. monument achieves in its design a synopsis of the whole scope of n history. The top figure of the monument represents the Kalmar Nyckel, renowned as the Swedish Mayflower," riding a granite wave. On the sides of the shaft the sculptor has carved the highlight scenes of Swedish participation in the history of the New Swedish-America- Some of the scenes are carved an informal way, where the subject warrants such treatment. For it is Milles theory that historical monuments need not always be solemn in every detail, since life itself, even in times of crisis, sometimes takes playful turns. One such scene shows friendly Indians returning to the Swedish colonists a shamefaced and scrawny horse which has apparently strayed off into the woods, while a typical Swedish dog barks angrily at the culprit. Penns Purchase. Another scene shows William Penn with his heavy Quaker hat buying land from the Swedish brothers Swenson for the site of Philadelphia. In their turn the Swedes had bought the land on both sides of the Delaware river from the Indians and on both sides of the monument the original purchasing scene is represented. n history is being commemorated in other ways also. The Swedish general post office has issued a series of es- pecially was shown the relief and gratitude that the long, hard voyage was at last over. Three hundred years later, in June of the present year, a monument is to be dedicated on the exact site at Wilmington where Minuit and his Swedish colonists landed. On June 27 a Swedish delegation, headed by Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden and Crown Princess Louise, will be escorted down the Delaware river to Fort Christina state park, Minu-it- s landing site and setting for the monument honoring him and his fellow voyagers. Swedish-Americ- th OPo SEW Ruth Wyeth Spears in 4 leader of the expedition, three-hundred- World. AN early spring day the year 1638 a group of Indians watched the approach of two ships to a point on the Delaware river where the city of Wilmington, Del., now stands. The vessels, which bore on their hulls the legends Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip, had come from Sweden. They had been battered and storm-tosse- d but they were still and seaworthy. sturdy Their crews and passengers lined the decks, looking at the land which was to be their future home with a gaze no less filled with curiosity than those of the Indians on the bank. In the eyes of one of them, Peter Minuit, ON The purpose of the Swedish-America- tercentenary stamps in five val- ues. These have a uniform Nya Sverige scription In memory of meaning New Sweden." Persons and places important in the history of the colony are pictured on the stamps. One shows Gov. Johan Printz conferring with an Indian chief. Another shows Queen Christina of Sweden, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, under whose reign the colony of New Sweden was foundin- Min-net- ," The foyer of the American Swedish Historical museum in Philadelphia, around which the June festivities of the nationwide Swedish American anniversary celebration of the landing of the first Swedish colonists in America will center. The top mural shows the colonists, led by Peter Minuit, greeting the Indians after their arrival at the site of Wilmington, Del., in 1638. three-hundred- th trade and colonization across the seas had been strong in the mind of the great King Gustavus Adolphus and plans had been made for foundation of a colony during his lifetime. After Gustavus' death, the idea was taken up by other agencies and on the initiative of Axel Oxenstierna the venture was actually begun. A company was formed with Swedish and Dutch stockholders to fit out an expedition of which Peter Minuit, on the basis of his considerable experience in the New World, should be the leader. Lengthy and careful preparations preceded the beginning of the voyage, but eventually the first Swedish emigrants to America saw Fort Gothenburg and the shores of Sweden disappear. BufTeted by Storm. The two small vessels, not much bigger than a present-da- y coast guard cutter, plunged into the huge waves of the North sea and the epic adventure was begun. The first hardship of the journey was encountered almost immediately after the ships had A violent storm embarked. forced the vessels to shelter at the Dutch port of Texel. In a crippled condition, forced to delay for repairs, they had barely escaped being completely wrecked in the storm. They set out from Texel on the last day of the year, December 31, 1637. History has no record of the voyage from then till the March day they sailed up the Delaware and greeted the Indians at The Rocks," as the site is Wilstill called in present-da-y mington. On the day of their arrival, March 23 in the new calendar the date is April 8 five Indian chiefs came into the cabin of the Kalmar Nyckel and sold land th months later in the Dutch city of Amsterdam in the sworn affidavit of four sailors from the Kalmar Nyckel. This affidavit has been preserved and is one of the many valuable historical documents sent by the Swedish government to be exhibited in the American Swedish Historical museum in anhonor of the niversary celebration. After purchasing the land, the colonists built a fort on the banks of the river, calling it Fort Christina. A small garrison was left in the fort under the command of one Mans Kling, and plots of ground were laid out near the stronghold, where vegetables and grain were planted. After firmly establishing a Swedish foothold on the Delaware river, Peter Minuit left the colony and started for Sweden in the Kalmar Nyckel. At the island of St. Christopher he was invited as a guest on a Dutch ship, the Flying Deer. A storm arose, driving most of the ships in the harbor to sea. The Flying Deer was apparently lost with all aboard, and Peter Minuit, leader of the first expedition to New Sweden, was never heard of again. In February, 1643, Johan Printz, delegated by the Swedish crown as governor of New Sweden, arrived at Fort Christina to take up his duties. Printz brought with him 28 paragraphs of instructions from the crown concerning the conduct of the colony. This document has been called the First Constitution" or Supreme Law in the territory which later became the states of Delaware and Pennsylvania. Lasted 17 Years. The colony of New Sweden lasted for 17 years. Though the of the Swedish crown ended in 1655, the Swedish settlers proved themselves adaptable to conditions of life during the Dutch colonial ascendancy, and later through that of the English. They were pioneers of industry, among the first to realize and exploit the natural wealth of the Delaware river valley. They built the first flour and saw mills in the valley and the first ships. The city of Philadelphia, so identified with the Revolution as g the scene of the Declaration of Independence, was actually founded by Swedes one year before William Penn, who is credited with founding it, was born. The city was then called Wicacc. Penn purchased the site of Philadelphia from three Swedish brothers named Swenson. One of the oldest streets in the city is called Swanson, considered by historians to be a reminder of the racial origin of the metropolis. After the close of the Revolution the Swedish minister at Paris visited the American minister, Benjamin Franklin, and oiTered to negotiate a treaty of commerce and amity. This action made Sweden the first European neutral power to tender its friendship to the young republic, voluntarily and wilnout three-hundred- th sov-eregn- ty history-makin- Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf the Swedish government, represented by Peter Minuit, along the western banks of the Delaware river from its mouth as far as the Schuylkill. This was the first Swedish purchase from the Indians. The colonists drew up deeds and the Indian chiefs signed them with their totem marks. Though the deeds were later lost, testimony to the transaction was given nine to ed. One stamp pictures the famous Trinity church in Wilmington, Del., the oldest church still in use in the United States. This church was built in 1699, and is Old one of five Swedes" churches in the Delaware valley. n The anniversary celebration is receiving the full ed Swedish-America- three-hundred- th a- Borders for Towels Bright Embroidered borders you will find THESE make. All six strands of easy mercerized embroidery thread are used. Crease 1 inch hems first. Draw threads of the material to make straight guide lines for the embroidery. Sew the hems by hand after the embroidery is done. The top border is royal blue and turkey red. To make the straight lines at the sides, couch blue thread in place with red as at A. 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By purchase from Spain in 3lVf 1819. 4. Approximately 750 grams, which would be 1.65 pounds. King Gustavus Adolphus (in the center shaking hands with Woll-mBostrom, Swedish minister to the United States) inspecting the monument which will be erected at the site of the landing of the first Swedish colonists In America ar tion of the Swedish government. Besides sending the official delegation for the presentation of the monument, the crown has sent to the American. Swedish Historical museum an historical exhibit containing priceless documents, relics and curios. A Priceless Document. Among other important papers, the exhibit contains the original Constitution of Sweden, drafted in 1634 by Gustavus Adolphus and his minister, Axel Oxenstierna. This document has never before left the Swedish state archives and is the most valuable document ever to be sent out of the country. 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