175th Emancipation Day Activities on all three United Virgin Islands
From 1733 on St. John, to 1878 on St. Croix to 1892 on St. Thomas… we are one. Even before then we were ONE.
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From 1733 on St. John, to 1878 on St. Croix to 1892 on St. Thomas… we are one. Even before then we were ONE.
Another United Virgin Islands opportunity. A week from today is the 175th anniversary of V.I. Emancipation Day on Monday, July 3, 2023. People on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John celebrate Emancipation...
July 3, 2020, marks the 172nd anniversary of the Emancipation of enslaved Africans in the United Virgin Islands (formerly known as the Danish West Indies). For more info on this event click here...
July 3, 2018, marked the 170th anniversary of the Emancipation of enslaved Africans in the former Danish West Indies. ST. THOMAS On St. Thomas, The Emancipation Day Coalition has been putting together an...
VI Emancipation Day 2017 Program took place on Monday, July 3, 2017 between 10-5pm in the Emancipation Garden. Programs were also held on all three main islands of the USVI (St. Croix and...
Virgin Islands Emancipation Day was celebrated on Sunday, July 3, 2016 at the Emancipation Garden between 10am – 2pm. Organized by the Emancipation Day Coalition, with a theme of, “Freedom Fighters Never Rest,”...
It is widely known that the genealogy of the Virgin Islands is rooted in West Africa. As the only Caribbean location to do so, this fact is an annual law, commemorated by the...
The Virgin Islands of the United States 32nd Legislature held an African Liberation Day Flag-Raising Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 25, 2018 on the grounds of the Legislature’s Capitol Building on St. Thomas in keeping with Act. No....
African Liberation Day (ALD) was founded in 1958 when Kwame Nkrumah convened the First Conference of Independent States held in Accra, Ghana and attended by eight independent African states. The 15th of...
“African Liberation Day for us is only an instrument to help organize our people…”– Kwame Ture African Heritage Week & African Liberation Day 2016 Activities in the United Virgin Islands More details to...