Wisconsin’s first Viking Festival happening Saturday at UW-Green Bay

GREEN BAY – When Heidi Sherman mentioned to her cab driver she was having a Viking Festival this weekend, the response from behind the wheel was something along the lines of, “Oh, I thought the Pittsburgh Steelers were coming to town.” Common mistake, especially in Green Bay. Bring up the V-word in a city full of Packers fans and the Minnesota variety with purple helmets, a history of NFC North battles and one really loud horn immediately comes to mind. That’s not the kind Sherman and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will be welcoming on Saturday for the inaugural Viking Festival.“No, ours are not purple,” said Sherman, an associate professor of history at UWGB who teaches Vikings history. “We’ve tried not to get involved in any football rivalries.”

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