The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-28

Fargo Is to have a statue of RoIlo,
the Northman. It is to be presented
to the Norwegians Of the United States
by the Norman French in honor of
the millennium Of the Duchy of Nor
mandy, France, The statue will be
unveiled in this city July 4, 1911.
DIR. FL. o. Fjelde of Abercrombie, to
whom Fargo is so greatly indebted, is
the moving spirit in securing this new
honor for Fargo. The doctor was in
strumental in getting the Bjornson
ballta stem, which adorns prominent
site in the A. G. campus and the he
roic monument of Wergeland, which is
on a prominent site in Island park.
There are certain conditions to the
location Of the Rollo Statue In Fargo,
but The Forum does not anticipate
there will be any difficulty in meeting
them.
One of these is that there mus be
a park dedicated for this purpose and
to be named Rollo. Tt will be an easy
matter for Fargo to purchase the park
and the Oak Grove site is the ideal
place. The location of the statue there
would be most pleasing for another
reason, its proximity to the Lutheran
ladies' seminary, conducted by the
Eorwegians of North Dakota and Min
nesota.
Rollo, the Northman, with his band
OF brave Norsemen, conquered that
part of France, now known as Nor
mandy, and reached an agreement in
1911 with Charles the Simple 1t is in
celebration of the millennium of this
event that the statue is being sent to
the Norwegians of the United States
and Fargo is exceptionally fortunate
in being able to secure the great honor
of being the location of the statue.
The following translation from Jour
nal de Rouen of May 4 by Mrs. H r.
Hagen of Abercrombie, will give Far
goans a clearer idea Of the occasion
and of the statute:
The anticipated festival at Rouen
for the commemoration of the millen-
ium of Duchy of Normandy has in
spired greatly fellow Journalist OF
the Journal des Debats'' of Paris, and
he published Monday the following ar
ticle:
Thursday from a meeting or dele
gates at the Elysee, M. de Blond, the
old mayor and new deputy of Rouen-
the city of Prince Rollo-came to in
vite the president of the republic to
the millennium of his ancestor Rollo
to the millennium of the foundation OF
Duchy Of Normandy, to the imposing
celebration of one of the great events
of the history of France and Europe
This celebration Of the millennium
which they are preparing win glorify
the Norman genius for order and lib
erty, it's magnificent conception of art
its popular tradition of five separate
provinces which it has had for one
hundred years through the revolution
in the Duchy; but the millennium will
surpass the national scheme of an
Client France of which Normandy still
remains the original mother, the typi-
cal province mentioned in the good
book Of M. Gabriel Hanteaux: LEN.
ergie Franchise"
With supreme logic, the millennium
of 1911 will rise even to the horizon
of Normandy from every quarter. II
their programme of the festival, they
allow for cooperation of all the son:
of Norman family. 1t is desired t.
bring together the multitudes of this
prolific and adventurous race at the
end of 1000 years of the history o
so great a people. A Norman poet has
written:
"oui, par della lie temps, lie langue at ID
Cite,
La race demeure une, ct la tenacite