(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The Order of the Falcon, a Danish decoration was conferred upon Joseph Bunford Samuel of Philadelphia, by King Christian of Denmark, for his services in the erection of the statue of Thorfinn Karlsefni which stands on the East River Drive of Fairmount Park. The statue, representing the first Norse explorer to settle in America, is the first of a series of twenty sculptures commemorating American pioneers to be erected along the Schuylkill River under the terms of the will of Mr. Samuel’s late wife Mrs. Ellen Phillips Samuel. Mrs. Samuel, who was a niece of the late Congressman Henry M. Phillips, left $500,000, the interest of which is to be used in the erection of the memorials.
Mr. Samuel is one of the oldest members of the Congregation Mikve Israel.
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