For the past 50 odd years, we have been celebrating Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Friendship Day. In 1964, the late Gov. Ralph Paiewonsky created the holiday to recognize the contribution made by our sisters and brothers from the Greater Antilles Island of Puerto Rico. However, the connections between the people of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are very deep, extending from the geological formation of the islands, to their indigenous people, colonial history, to the present-day Virgin Islands.
