“Pic of the Week”, July 23, 2021: Benny Benson Memorial, Seward

Seward Benny Benson Memorial (1)

The story of Alaska’s state flag is an interesting one, well worth sharing. Additionally, the Alaskan flag is elegant in its simplicity.
A contest was held in 1927 to select a design to be used for the Alaska Territory’s flag (up to that point, only the US flag was flying since the territory was purchased from Russia). The winning entry was from Benny Benson, a native Alutiq orphan. Benny designed the flag when he was just 13 years old and in the 7th grade, and he won a $100 prize. Benny was living in an orphanage in Seward, his mother having died of pneumonia when he was 3 years old. Alaska was not to become the 49th state for another 32 …

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“Pic of the Week”, June 4, 2021: Ray’s Seafood Restaurant, Seward

02 Seward Ray’s Restaurant

An excellent restaurant to consider when visiting Seward is Ray’s. Situated on the city’s beautiful harbor, it offers terrific views of the boats as they move about and the mountains of the Kenai peninsula. Ray’s has been a winner of the Alaska Best Restaurant Award.
The seafood was so good at Ray’s that we ate both dinners we were in town here.
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Some Signs and Street Art of Seward, Alaska

Karl on Feb 24, 2021 with Comments Off on Some Signs and Street Art of Seward, Alaska
23 Seward

Seward rests on the eastern edge of Alaska’s beautiful Kenai peninsula, on Resurrection Bay.  The town is named for former U.S. Secretary of State, William H. Seward, who coordinated the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
Seward is not a large town, with a population of less than 3000. What it lacks in number it makes up in character. People living here are a hearty bunch who take great pride in their community. They mostly work in the commercial fishing or tourism industries.
Seward is the starting point of Alaska’s popular Iditarod dog race, mile 0 being on the town’s south shore. For a small community, I found a lot of interesting street art and signs during my wanderings in the …

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