“This work stands as an important contribution to Virgin Islands history. It preserves a family’s legacy while illuminating the lived experiences that shaped our islands’ cultural and maritime identity.” --Kimarie Engerman, Dean of UVI College of Liberal Arts Wilfred Elisha Allick--Story of a Virgin Islands Hero , just published but previously written by Myron Allick, is a collection of memories in Virgin Islands history and cultural norms. It narrates the deep famil

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Long Wharf Boston Waterfront It was a beautiful day and I am visualizing beyond these yachts on the historic Long Wharf. The buildings to...

UVI Great Hall January 18, 2025 Today marks the 39th Annual Meeting of SVIH. It was founded in 1986 by professional historians and...

Image--W.L. Taylor, from Ladies Home Journa l, November 1897 However many of us there are that share identical snippets of DNA from the early American colonists, we know it's a lot. Angela Davis recently learned that she shares the Brewster clan in her ancestry. I grew up being told that we were Mayflower but it was not something that entered my consciousness, or instilled any kind of extra pride, or exclusiveness in me. Perhaps the opposite. For example, growing up on C