Christian Fredericksen arrived from Denmark more than 108 years ago to start his family in America. It wasn't until this year (2015) that his grandsons, Rick and Garry, had his diary fully translated. It happened to be the centennial year of the glorious ocean liner's disastrous sinking off the coast of Ireland. I recently visited my grandfather for the first time, in Harlan, Iowa. The diary has been donated to the Museum of Danish America. Chris's story is told in this link to Iowa Public Radio.
http://iowapublicradio.org/post/iowans-1907-lusitania-diary
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