102. Ambassador Gunter and Ms. Heather J. Wilson joined Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir to give opening remarks at the launch of the Leif Eiriksson Center on July 5th, 2020. The Center highlights the voyages of Eric the Red and his son Leif the Lucky, discovering parts of North America. These histories are presented in a new exhibition, consisting of works from ten renowned Icelandic visual artists. Ambassador Gunter´s remarks focused on the importance of the voyages of the Icelanders to America around the year 1000 and on the important connections between Iceland and the United States.
