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Virgin Islands history

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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by BVI Beacon
July 22, 2024

Old records shed new light on VI history

Soon after Dr. Angel Smith was appointed to oversee the government’s archives last year, he was assessing old records when he found a series of documents that shed new light …

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by Allison Vaughn
July 22, 2024

Oldest archives not open to public

Two-century-old land records displayed during a recent archives exhibition were found “purely by accident,” according to Archives and Records Management Unit Director Dr. Angel Smith. Dr. Smith discovered the documents …

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by Allison Vaughn
December 8, 2023

Culture month ends with familial reflection

Community members looked back in history on Nov. 30 in Long Look while celebrating the conclusion of Culture and Tourism Month, which entailed a full month celebrating music, history, art, …

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by Dana Kampa
November 6, 2023

EDITORIAL: Standing on the shoulders of giants

We applaud the House of Assembly and others responsible for recognising ten national heroes whose stories are an inspiration to current and future generations. The move was a welcome addition …

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by BVI Beacon
January 28, 2022

Mangrove destruction leaves VI ever more vulnerable to climate change

When Donald De Castro was a boy in the 1940s, mangroves lined the shore and cays in front of his family’s small waterfront home in Road Town. “We used to …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
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October 24, 2021

EDITORIAL: New public holiday a reason to celebrate

Monday was a red-letter day in Virgin Islands history. In a long-needed cultural leap, the territory left behind the quixotic St. Ursula’s Day and celebrated the first Heroes and Forefathers …

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