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United States and the first female physician to serve in 
Congress; 
Whereas Virgin Islanders such as Calvin Pickering, Elrod 
Hendricks, Emile Griffith, Horace Clarke, Joe Chris-
topher, Julian Jackson, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Krigger, 
Midre Cummings, Raja Bell, Saba Johnson, Tim Dun-
can, Ullmont L. James, Sr., Victor Lebron, and others 
have made substantial contributions to government, 
sports, and the arts in the United States; 
Whereas Denmark and the United States are united by 
shared values and a strong commitment to freedom, de-
mocracy, human rights, racial justice, economic self-suffi-
ciency, prosperity, and free market opportunities and 
should continue to provide for economic and cultural ex-
changes, trade and investment, and people-to-people con-
tacts; 
Whereas the Governments of Denmark and the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States have discussed establishing a 
memorandum of understanding for sharing and pre-
serving archival records and historic and prehistoric arti-
facts; 
Whereas there has been ongoing collaboration between 
schools in the Virgin Islands of the United States and 
Denmark, allowing teachers and students to share, learn, 
and strengthen intercultural understandings of a shared 
history through the creation of new teaching materials 
and a common goal to prepare students for global citizen-
ship; 
Whereas more collaboration should occur, transcending the 
classroom to educate all Virgin Islanders, United States 
citizens, and Danes, beyond the centennial commemora-
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tion in 2017 because education is critical to improving re-
lations, understanding, and the healing process; 
Whereas the material and cultural heritage that was engen-
dered during Danish rule, such as the music of Quelbe, 
the dance of Quadrille, and the preserved architecture, 
has manifested under United States rule and has become 
a dynamic addition to the story of the United States; 
Whereas the people of the Virgin Islands of the United 
States, like the people of the United States, have a di-
verse historical, cultural, and genetic inheritance linking 
them to Africa, the Caribbean, and Europe; 
Whereas Virgin Islanders and Danish Americans have con-
tributed greatly to the history and development of the 
United States, and the 100th anniversary of their shared 
legacy should be properly recognized; 
Whereas Virgin Islanders have served the United States in 
every war and conflict since the Revolutionary War and 
have contributed to every facet of life in the United 
States; and 
Whereas 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States becoming a part of the United 
States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes and commemorates the 100th 
anniversary of the Virgin Islands of the United 
States becoming a part of the United States; 
(2) appreciates the many years of strong 
United States-Danish diplomatic relations; 
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(3) acknowledges the creation of the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States Centennial Commission, 
established under Public Law 114–224, to lead the 
Federal effort to commemorate this centennial; and 
(4) encourages the Archivist of the United 
States to cooperate with the Governments of Den-
mark and the Virgin Islands of the United States to 
digitize the historical records of the Virgin Islands 
of the United States in the Federal archives, and 
make them directly accessible to the people of the 
Virgin Islands of the United States in secure re-
search facilities located on all three major islands of 
the Virgin Islands of the United States. 
Æ 
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