Proclamation VI National Caribbean American Heritage Month and VI Freedom Week 2019 executed

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Island: St. Thomas
Date: 2019
Pages: 3
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Tue UNITED STATES VirGIN ISLANDS OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR GOVERNMENT HOUSE Charlotte Amalie, V.I. 00802 340-774-0001 VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND VIRGIN ISLANDS FREEDOM WEEK 2019 SHKREEEEEEEE BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES EXEEEKKAESES A PROCLAMATION The Virgin Islands of the United States continues to contribute to the historic heritage narratives, honorable achievements of excellence, cultural legacy quests and self-determination liberties with its’ unique diverse representation of the people, culture, heritage, technology and spirit of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Americas that complement annual observances in June of National Caribbean American Heritage Month and Virgin Islands Freedom Week from June 26th to July 3rd, 2019. The annual June observance of National Caribbean American Heritage Month is designated for commemorations, recognitions and celebrations for people of Caribbean ancestry in the Virgin Islands, Caribbean Americas and globally to reaffirm their multicultural ties with Caribbeanisms. Respect and recognition are encouraged of ancestral traditions and heritages of the Caribbean Americas inclusive yet not limited to influences of Indigenous African, European, Asian and other cultural legacies within the Virgin Islands Caribbean Americas and beyond. Many of our Caribbean ancestors were living as free and self-determined citizens in democratically ruled nations before Europeans came to Africa. Our African ancestors knew from their oral and written documentation the accomplishments of African People through the African continent and elsewhere in the fields of navigation, science, astronomy, math, medicine, masonry, and philosophy. Our Caribbean ancestors fought for their freedom from the time they were captured and never stopped planning organizing, and fighting; whether overtly or covertly. Our ancestors were treated harshly on plantations, where some of the worst atrocities known to man or woman occurred, while the treasuries of Denmark, England, France, Holland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Portugal benefitted from their free labor. Proclamation — Virgin Islands Freedom Week 2019 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the Government of the Virgin Is ds of the United States to be affixed at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, this y of June, 2019. A.D. Governor