Friday, November 14, 2008

Benny Benson Video: He shared about the development of his flag design.

They had a boys school. That guy in the picture is Benny Benson. Benson was born at Chignick on Oct. 12, 1913. The son of an Aleut Russian mother and a Swedish fisherman father. When Benson was 4 he and his younger brother and sister lost thier mother to pneumonia.
Photo courtesy of Alaska State Museum