A Latvian Exile Comes to America with Joseph Ellis
Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom 2810 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC, United StatesTOPIC: Karlis Leyasmeyer and the Baptist Speaker's Circuit: A Latvian Exile Comes to America SPEAKER: Joseph Ellis, Professor of Political Science, Assistant Dean of Arts and Sciences, Wingate University In 1949, a little known Latvian refugee named Karlis Leyasmeyer would arrive with his family in Philadelphia, after several years spent at a displaced persons camp […]