Op-ed: Confederate Monuments are Falling, Should Old Danish Kings Who Ruled Over These Islands Be Next?

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner

Submitted on March 24th, 2019 by: Michael Vante, 25, who holds degrees in English Literature & Africana Studies with a minor in International Studies. Michael is also a community activist living in St. Thomas. Michael also started a petition to have the monument of King Christian IX removed by the people of the Virgin Islands.

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