where did the jenny lind bed get its name
Jenny Lind
In the US , Lind is commemorated by street names in Fort Smith , Arkansas ; New Bedford , Massachusetts ; Taunton , Massachusetts ; McKeesport , Pennsylvania ; North Easton , Massachusetts ; North Highlands , California and Stanhope , New Jersey ; and in the name of Jenny Lind , Arkansas and the gold - rush town of Jenny Lind , California . An elementary school in Minneapolis , Minnesota is named after her . She has been honoured since 1948 by the Barnum Festival , which takes place each June and July in Bridgeport , Connecticut . Through a national competition , the festival selects a soprano as the Jenny Lind winner . Her Swedish counterpart , chosen by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the People 's Parks and Community Centre in Stockholm , visits during the festival , and the two perform several concerts together . In July , the American Jenny Lind winner traditionally travels to Sweden for a similar joint concert tour . Andover , Illinois , has the Jenny Lind Chapel , a Swedish Lutheran Chapel that Lind donated $1,500 to construct . Jenny Lind Wing is part of a student residence building at Augustana College , Rock Island , Illinois , which was founded by the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America in 1860 . The college also named a Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble .
In the US , Lind is commemorated by street names in Fort Smith , Arkansas ; New Bedford , Massachusetts ; Taunton , Massachusetts ; McKeesport , Pennsylvania ; North Easton , Massachusetts ; North Highlands , California and Stanhope , New Jersey ; and in the name of Jenny Lind , Arkansas and the gold - rush town of Jenny Lind , California . An elementary school in Minneapolis , Minnesota is named after her . She has been honoured since 1948 by the Barnum Festival , which takes place each June and July in Bridgeport , Connecticut . Through a national competition , the festival selects a soprano as the Jenny Lind winner . Her Swedish counterpart , chosen by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the People 's Parks and Community Centre in Stockholm , visits during the festival , and the two perform several concerts together . In July , the American Jenny Lind winner traditionally travels to Sweden for a similar joint concert tour . Andover , Illinois , has the Jenny Lind Chapel , a Swedish Lutheran Chapel that Lind donated $1,500 to construct . Jenny Lind Wing is part of a student residence building at Augustana College , Rock Island , Illinois , which was founded by the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod in North America in 1860 . The college also named a Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble .