Seventy-five years after the restoration of the Virgin Islands legislature, the sounds of steel pan, saxophone and fungi music rose over the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park on the …
December 1, 2025
November 27, 2025
‘Blame It on 1949’: Musicians help HOA celebrate 75
Kamau Georges is well known for playing saxophone. But on Sunday evening, he started with a bright flute solo when he performed the song he wrote in commemoration of the …
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November 7, 2025
House marks 75 years
The House of Assembly met Tuesday for a special sitting that kicked off a series of events celebrating 75 years since the restoration of the territory’s elected legislature in 1950. …
December 3, 2024
EDITORIAL: Great March lessons still ring true today
Kudos to the hundreds of residents who took part in the recent re-enactment of the 1949 Great March. Together, they staged an impressive and appropriate commemoration of an enormously important …
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November 28, 2024
VI marks 75 years since Great March
Hundreds of residents marched down Main Street on Sunday afternoon, following in the footsteps of some 1,500 protestors who took the same route 75 years earlier to demand greater political …
November 30, 2023
Great March of 1949 remembered
Three wreaths of remembrance floated in the water behind the Crafts Alive Village in Road Town on Monday night as three paper lanterns were lit and released one by one …
November 24, 2023
New national heroes depicted at show
While Via Donovan opened jars of paint in front of two large canvases upstage, lengths of silk were lowered between the stage curtains. A dancer dressed in red then hoisted …
October 20, 2023
First 10 ‘national heroes’ named
Descendants of illustrious Virgin Islanders bore witness from the House of Assembly gallery as the first ten “national heroes” were officially honoured on Oct. 13 as part of the territory’s …
