The Norwegian Lady

Today at the foot of the statue of the Norwegian
Lady here in Moss I saw a wreath.

It turns out that once a year representatives
from the American Embassy in Oslo come to
Moss to attend a memorial service for the ship
SS Dictator of Moss that went down outside
Virginia Beach in 1891.

I was told that those who attend the ceremony
sing the American and the Norwegian national
anthems.

The ship Dictator was built in Moss and had
a crew of 14, our guide told us today.
On the ill-fated day Captain Joergensen also
had his wife and four year old son on board.

Mrs. Joergensen and the boy and five of
the crew died.

An identical statue is placed on the shores in
Virginia Beach.

I wrote about this statue back in 2007.
http://rediscoveringnorway.blogspot.com/2007/02/moss-norwegian-lady.html

Imagine, a ceremony 118 years after the event.