Heritage Preservation

The Estate Whim Museum’s mission is “to advance the understanding and appreciation of the humanities and the unique historical and cultural legacy of St. Croix and the entire Virgin Islands, through preservation, research and education.” It is hard to understand how this can be achieved seeing the disrepair that exists today. This pre 1995 photo […]

Historical Context Marronage refers to the act of escaping from slavery and establishing independent communities, often in remote and inaccessible areas. Enslaved Africans on St. Croix, as in other parts of the Caribbean, sought freedom from oppressive conditions by fleeing into the island’s interior or other less accessible regions. The rugged terrain of St. Croix,

I felt it necessary to juxtapose how the lighthouse looked when it was first in operation with how it looks today. Sad. This shows the lighthouse, apparently in operation in 2006 but had already been deactivated in the mid 1990s. Marcus Bodio (deceased) had provided the illumination. It can be seen to already be deteriorating