It is Black History Month in St. Thomas, and our elected officials, local leaders, community leaders and residents are breaking the history books to share the Virgin Islands' contributions to the United States and its history. Virgin Islands that come from the mainland of the United States and their families do so to promote their education and seek work in fields that are not located in the Virgin Islands. The islands offer a range of water activities and supporting attractions, such as a ferry that goes seasonally to Puerto Rico, and an island museum.

US and Samoan citizens enjoy the convenience of domestic travel, including facilitating travel to and from the US Virgin Islands. Tourism originated from the British Virgin Islands and is now a mainstay of the economy and an important source of income for the islands and the local economy.

The 60-island territory covers 60% of the island territory and is covered by the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Virginia. Further east are the islands of St Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Saint Thomas, St George, Barbados and St Lucia, which cover 2.5 square kilometres.

The Virgin Islands archipelago shares two islands, Vieques and Culebra, which are administered by Puerto Rico, and The former Spanish governed are now integrated into the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and belong to the territory known as the US Virgin Islands. The history of slavery in the Virgin Islands created difficult social conditions for the inhabitants long before the 20th century. It reflects the different peoples who inhabit the islands and their ability to cultivate close cultural ties.

Most of the residents were born in Puerto Rico, although many emigrated to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Many emigrated Virgin Islands settled on Vieques and Culebra, as well as on St. Kitts and Nevis and on the mainland of Puerto Rico, where they found work in industries such as fishing, mining, construction and agriculture.

Historian Isaac Dookhan theorises that if the indigenous people had not been expelled from the Virgin Islands, the enslaved Africans would have joined them. It was reported that the Indians were first to be found in the late 18th century on what became the British Virgin Islands.

The Virgin Islands, then known as the Danish West Indies, were a destination for slaves and slave owners. Like most Caribbean countries, slavery in the British Virgin Islands was an important part of the territory's history.

In 1946, control of the Philippines was surrendered, and Alaska and Hawaii were given statehood in 1959. The islands became an unincorporated US territory after the United States bought what is now the United States Virgin Islands from the Danes. Unlike Puerto Rico, which is an independent state with its own constitution, the US Virgin Islands are classified as "non-incorporated territory" under the uniform Code of Federal Regulations.

St. Croix, which was formerly US territory until its annexation by the United States on 1 July 1946, and St. Kitts and Nevis until 31 July 1953.

The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of St. Croix, St. Kitts and Nevis and the surrounding smaller islands of the Caribbean. The Virgin Islands U consists of three large islands, StCroix (the largest island in the U.S. Virgin Islands) and two smaller islands. St. Croix is the only one of these islands with more than 1,000 inhabitants, while the other three are St. Kitts and Nevis (2,500 inhabitants), St. Martin (3,200 inhabitants) and Puerto Rico (4,300 inhabitants). The U of U, S Virgin Island consists of three main islands and three surrounding islets, one large and one smaller. The U Of S Virgin Islanders are made up of or surrounded by the small island of Saint John, a small island on the west coast of North Carolina.

The U of U, US Virgin Islands U is called the "Virgin Islands of the Caribbean" due to its proximity to the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis and Puerto Rico.

The Virgin Islands are the third largest island in the United States Commonwealth and host a population of about 1.5 million people. The Virgin Islands are the second largest tourist destination in North America after Hawaii, after the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis and Puerto Rico.

The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the eastern Caribbean, about 2,500 kilometers (1,200 miles) south of Puerto Rico. Geographically, the islands belong to the archipelago of the Virgin Islands, but both are located within the Wind Islands and the Lesser Antilles. The islands, all within the Winds Islands, or less than 1.5 km apart, are geographically part of the Arc Islands. Geographically, they are located within the islands separated from the winds or the Lesser Antilles and do not belong to their ore islands or to them.

The U.S. Virgin Islands are an archipelago in the eastern Caribbean, about 2,500 kilometers (1,200 miles) south of Puerto Rico. As part of the Great Antilles chain, they consist of 68 volcanic islands and cays, small islands made up mainly of coral. The United States, the United States and the Virgin Islands are the largest and most populous archipelago in North America with a population of about 1.5 million people.