On September 20, 2014, some 25 archaeology, art history and history faculty, students and alumni met Archduke Markus Salvator von Habsburg-Lothringen and his wife Archduchess Hildegarde at the Ferdinand Folk Festival in Ferdinand, IN. The archduke's great-grandfather was Emperor Franz Joseph I, who (after the assassination of his nephew and heir in Sarajevo) signed the proclamation that began World War I. We had a great time meeting him and spending time with his friend (and ours), Evansville native Alexandra Leich!
