Fearful that the Germans might capture the islands during World War I, the United States bought St. John, St. Croix, St. Thomas, and about 50 smaller islands from Denmark for $25,000,000.

Neither Denmark nor the U.S. have lived up to their principles regarding human rights and democracy when it comes to the Virgin Islands, Moorhead argues. Denmark effectively absolved itself of ...

The British Virgin Islands consists of four main islands: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke. The entire BVI archipelago consists of more than 15 inhabited islands and dozens of ...

This year marks the 101st-year anniversary of America’s last acquisition of territory, the purchase of the Danish West Indies, subsequently renamed by island leaders as the Virgin Islands and… ...

THE United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917 for $25,000,000. The purpose of our government--as high naval officers frankly admit -- was to prevent Germany from obtaining the ...