Merry Christmas to all. It is a pleasure to participate with footnoteMavin Blog Caroling Tradition. My choice: Jingle Bells from Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Nights from St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Before the sun rises you will hear this popular scratch band serenading throughout the streets of St Croix with Christmas music in quelbe…… Continue reading Blog Caroling- Jingle Bells- 2013
Category: Coastal Georgia
Military Monday- 761st Tank Battalion
Levi G.”Yogi” Bough (1921-2008) was the son of Julius C. Bough and Caroline Gasper-Bough, and my mothers’ brother. Born on St Croix, US Virgin Islands, later migrated with his family to New York City and enlisted with the US Army in April of 1942. My uncle was a member of the 761st Tank Battalion an…… Continue reading Military Monday- 761st Tank Battalion
Slave Revolt in the Danish West Indies
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s extensive research on African-American lives was revealing, and now his new series “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross” is reaching across to a mass audience in the diaspora, invoking us to tell our story. After watching “The Age of Slavery” Episode 2 of the six part series, I felt…… Continue reading Slave Revolt in the Danish West Indies
My Genealogical Journey: 