The Virgin Islands celebrates Organic Act Day today to honor the day in 1936 when President Roosevelt signed the Organic Act bringing self government to the US Virgin Islands. The Organic act was the culmination of an effort led by Rothschild Frances, D. Hamilton Jackson and Lionel Roberts to win the right to limited self government. The 1954 amendments brought the locally elected governor and the delegate to Congress. There are no formal ceremonies scheduled for today.
Government offices are closed.
The Governor signed a grant for the St. John clients of Safety Zone to give shelter from domestic violence. It is a Community Development Block Grant. The Governor also approved rental contracts for the Virgin Islands Election System and for a Head Start Pre-School Center in Oswald Harris Court. The National Park is reporting that a computer box fell off a truck near Nazareth. The driver went back and the box was gone.