AMERICA QUAY Copenhagen

Dennis Smith's great grandmother,
Kristina Beck, from the village of Saltum in Nordvestjylland.
in front of the building
Gripsholm


About 20,000 left Denmark to go to Utah as founding members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints





this is where the steamers left for USA



A passing tourist boat serenaded us with live New Orleans Jazz








One of many stones engraved with names of pioneers

Christian Gertrude Ane Kjær
from Aalborg in 1896











quiet waters were once so busy
and imagination echoes the cries of stevedores and passengers


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a fine brig on a summer holiday cruise