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History be told
USVI 175th Year Sunday-Monday, July 7-8, 2019 St. John author Janet Burton said from the time she was a child she wanted to write a book. 28 years after she was inspired by a book on outstanding Virgin Islanders she published one about the people of St. John. Burton...
Book signing at Caribbean Genealogy Library in St. Thomas
I did a book presentation and signing at the Caribbean Genealogy Library in St. Thomas on September 14, 2019. We had a very good attendance for this book signing. The room was filled. There were about 50 people in attendance according to Sophia Aubin, the President of...
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Our Island, Our Home
This short educational film documents the activism and insights of a well-known historical figure in the US Virgin Islands, Senator Theovald Moorehead (1916-1995), to remind young Virgin Islanders to dream, be brave, and stay the course as they struggle today to...
New Book by Janet Burton Captures Life on St. John in the 1940’s
By Amy Roberts - May 16, 2019, The St. John Source, U.S. Virgin Islands “Who tells your story?” That’s the final line of the musical “Hamilton,” sending audiences out of the theater with questions about who writes our histories and how we are remembered by...
Book Signings
I did two book signings this week. The first was at the Cultural (Food) Fair in the Emancipation Garden in St. Thomas. It is an annual Carnival event. I sat with a bookseller who had a table full of Caribbean titles. 17 books were sold. Emancipation Garden in St....
Thank you Caneel Bay
I am grateful to Caneel Bay for the kind post on their Instagram to share the publication of Before Our Time to their social media community. Thank you for all the kind words and for the celebration of our wonderful history of St. John! Caneel Bay Resort in St. John...
Before Our Time
Before Our Time: An Oral History of St. John is now available on Paperback and eBook on Amazon! I am so excited to see this vision come true and be able to share with St. Johnians and the rest of the world the precious and amazing history of our beautiful island. Get...
An Oral History of St. John
U.S. Virgin Islands
Contact
info@oralhistoryofstjohn.com
Janet Burton of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, is a retired teacher and school librarian. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University and Master of Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Sandwiched between her employment at the Virgin Islands Department of Education were several years at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.