Show WHY Virgin Island Islands Were Given Name by Columbus Columbua nave Have you wondered why the Virgin Vir gin Islands were to so named Their Thelt untouched beauty would have been reason enough but Columbus in 1493 was so amazed at their beauty and bewildered b by their numbers that he couldn't think of enough saints uinta In whose honor to name them so 0 he called them The Virgin Islands Islands Islands Is Is- lands In honor of St St. Ursula and her Virgins says a writer Inthe In Inthe inthe the Washington Post The war war like Ilke Indians Indian In Inhabited Inhabited In In- habited the Islands at that time but the Spaniards overcame them The Islands Island have been In the possession of the Dutch French and as 81 aswell aswell well as 81 the Spanish but In 1667 1087 the Danes secured a firm foothold which they retained until the United States Statu purchase In 1917 It was the last major territory to be annexed and the most expensive Uncle Sam paid 2 to Denmark for the three thre main Islands blands St. St Thomas SL St John and St SL Croix and 50 00 islets or Gays cay In commemoration of this event the Virgin Islanders have for 20 years celebrated transfer day on March 31 with song ont dance and merrymaking merrymaking mer mer- ry making parading about the country country coun coun- try side Ide In carnival attire Drums and all aU available musical musi cal instruments are used to accompany accompany pany the jumble ghost dancers dancer ancient group which Immortalizes in measured dance rhythm the lives and deeds of biblical characters |