40+ Celebrations in the US Virgin Islands - 🌺 Vintage Virgin Islands

How the Virgin Islands Celebrated Armistice Day ~ 1918

Armistice Day “On that grey, November morning when the news flashed around the world that war had ceased, humanity gave […]

My Emancipated Ancestors By Dr. Dante Beretta On Sunday evening, the 2nd of July 1848, the tutu sounded over western […]

St. John July 4th Celebrations Do you plan to celebrate the Fourth of July on St. John? If so, I […]

Carnival Time The first Carnival celebrations in the Virgin Islands were joyous ones! Both were successes in 1912 and 1914 […]

Did you know that the circus came to St. Thomas? Not just once, but many times! However, this show was […]

Long ago, it was recorded that August 5, 1909, would always be remembered in the “history of St. Thomas”, as the day the […]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel This chapel has been our family’s favorite place of worship for a very long time. […]

Adams Juvenile Band ON THIS DAY in 1910, the Adams Juvenile Band gave their first performance! 🎷🥁🎺 It took place at […]

Carnival may be a fond memory now, but seeing vintage photographs of past Carnival Kings and Queens is still very […]

Herbert Clark Hoover was the first sitting US President in Virgin Islands history to visit the islands ~ 1931. Thousands came […]

Three King’s Day had the reputation of being the happiest of the holiday seasons! It was a half-holiday that started at […]

Blue marlin tournaments became very popular in St. Thomas after John Battles set an all-tackle world record in 1964. He […]