[2] Shading his eyes to scan the distance, Leif Ericson stands on a large red sandstone pedestal.

In November 1887, the Milwaukee copy was erected; however, at the request of its donor, Mrs. Joseph T. Gilbert, there was no dedication ceremony.

[3] By the 1990s, evidence of structural instability, manifest through cracks, erosion, and the deterioration of caulking in the pedestal was observable.

[5] In October 2001, the Sons of Norway Fosselyngen Lodge held a ceremony to celebrate the recent addition of a lighting system for the statue, which cost $3,800 (equivalent to $6,539 in 2023).

[6] This lighting system was replaced, and the statue again professionally cleaned, during a project by Juneau Park Friends in 2017.