Our Old Home
I felt my ancestors presence here.
I felt my ancestors presence here.
Next time you are in a gunfight, wait for the other guy to pull his gun first.
In the year 865, “a great heathen army” landed on England’s east coast.
“But should real danger come, old Holger Danske will rise in his fury…”
– Hans Christian Andersen
This isn’t our first trip to Denmark; we came in 2015. That was before I could spell.
“Our pilot is either lost or drunk”
Pack your folkedragter and meet us at the airport.
We caught reflections of those who came before us, and a little of ourselves.
On April 6, 1889, the SS Danmark sank in the mid-Atlantic.
Our Great Grandfather Frederik Bekker was on board.
The inspector took one look at the rank horse, closed the door, and said, “Well, these seem healthy enough.”