The 1949 March

Activities leading up to the restoration of the Legislature... "A rumbling sound is coming out of the British Virgin Islands which may soon attract the attention of No. 10 Downing Street. Having tasted freedom and the pursuit of happiness served the American way, the younger inhabitants of Tortola are clamoring for a liberal form of government which gives them a voice in their own affairs." "In 1938, Mr. Hope Stevens, a native Tortolian, returned from the USA where he had studied and become a la