Talk:Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

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Do US citizens need to show a passport upon returning, not sure about that?

-- No.  One transits customs only upon exiting to the U.S. mainland (or anywhere else, for that matter).  Entries to the VI just walk off the plane.

The NASA photo looks okay, but the orientation is flipped North to South (i.e. South is at the top, North at the bottom). I'm not sure how to correct this, but if someone else knows, please feel free. Wrodina 03:52, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Done. I rotated the image. You may need to clear your cache to see the change and north is not quite straight up. Rmhermen 04:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Cleaned up the Transportation section a bit. Wrodina 05:53, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)

St. Thomas is at Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, but St. Croix is here at Saint Croix. Should St. Croix have the same treatment? RickK 05:27, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] pronunciation?

[krwa]? [kwa]? [kroi]? [kroiz]? [kroiks]?

[kroi], I think. Rmhermen 17:25, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, kroi —Xanderer 01:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Danish-American transaction

I added a {{fact}} tag to the statement that the sale of the islands resulted from the involvement of both Denmark and the USA in the First World War. I can understand that the USA might have feared, however remote, a German takeover of the islands through invasion of Denmark. However, how can the sale result from Denmark's involvement if Denmark were always neutral? Nyttend 16:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Wow, no-one seems to be following up this. I very much agree with you: Denmark had no problems staying neutral in WW1. The US wanted this island, and I would also assume this not is because they feared hostile bases in the specific, but out of imperialist thinking ("backyard") in general. Greswik 15:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Point and counterpoint

"In the late 1990s an attempt was made to legislate the definition of "Crucian" as anyone who could trace their ancestry to 1927, the year in which Virgin Islanders were given U.S. citizenship. This effort, by a select group of nationalist senators, eventually failed after much public outcry."

The person who wrote the above would define a national identity Virgin Islander ignoring the one used by the United Nations. The issue was not who is Cruzan but rather who is a Virgin Islander. According to the United Nations the (U.S.) Virgin Islands are a distinct nation occupied albeit with consent of most descendants of pre-acquisition Virgin Islanders by the United States.

Without such a definition it is difficult to tell if the involvement of the Virgin Islands was a success for the families who lived there then. While it is accepted generally that there is such a thing as a Puerto Rican or say a St. Lucian there are those who like the author above would have only the American citizenship have any value. This position is held typically by relocated Puerto Ricans, Americans and those West Indians whose families have arrived post acquisition and do not have a Danish Virgin Islands legacy. There are families who have been in the Virgin Islands since then and consider thsemselves dual citizens.

[edit] Immigration to St. Croix

Do we have any more information on immigration to St. Croix, I know there is a Puerto Rican community there for instance. Does any one have further sources to flesh out the gaps in the population sections.Mad05963 21:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location

What is this sentence supposed to mean?

"St. Croix lies at 17°45′N, 64°45′W, the western and easternmost point in the United States."

Harrier233 20:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC) In Answer to Harrier233, I believe the intent of the author of that statement meant to say southern (not western) as you note the Western makes no sense!! this IMHO Larry On STX 14:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

southern most point is in American Samoa, not the USVI.72.27.162.106 16:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)