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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
~ Rudyard Kipling
The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.
~ Chinese proverb
Life is but a little story, punctuated in the main with commas of our happiness and periods of our pain.
~ Edgar Selwyn
Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
People are hungry for stories. It's part of our being.
~ Studs Terkel
In the end, only the stories survive.
~ Alexis M. Smith
We are not makers of history. We are made by history.
~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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I’ve looked at this photograph at least a hundred times, hoping to figure out what vessel our family members were […]
Read MoreAt the suggestion of her physician and close friends, Edna St. Vincent MillayΒ arrived in St. Thomas for a lengthy, […]
Read MoreThe men in ourΒ family loved cars! π OurΒ great grandfather started importing Chevrolets in the 1930s and ourΒ grandfather followed suit in […]
Read MoreHave you ever dug through a box of old family albumsΒ and come across an interesting photographΒ that seemed to have a […]
Read More(L to R) Rene de Lagarde, Tony Daniels and Dennis de Lagarde. “Standing next to our stand-by, Normandie”. Copyrighted Β© […]
Read MoreThe third Carnival to beΒ held in St. Thomas, was planned to coincide with the arrival of one of the most […]
Read MoreGovernor Paul M. Pearson with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and traveling companion, Lorena Hickok. Standing on the steps of Government House, […]
Read MoreIn 1939, our grandmother’s brother found one of the fascinating species of Bat Fish in the US Virgin Islands! While […]
Read MoreAfter I saw this postcard online of a vessel at the Creque Marine Railway, I thought I would share a […]
Read MoreWithin weeks of discovering thisΒ old photographΒ of theΒ SS DominicaΒ in our family’s collection, I came across an interesting article in the newspapersΒ about […]
Read MoreCousins, Marion and Joanie and best friends, Marilyn and Joy were thrilled to meet Dana Andrews! Copyrighted Β© 2016 Valerie […]
Read MoreHere are a few stories about visiting vessels and local boats ...
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