On March 31, 1917, the Danish West Indies were officially ceded to the US for $25 million and renamed the Virgin Islands. Pictured is St. Thomas Island.
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March 31 is the birthday of the late economist Dr. Walter E. Williams, PhD., who was born in 1936. He passed away in 2020. His book American Contempt for Liberty is highly recommended.
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Today we present an article that was too short to qualify as an entry for the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [1]. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends today, so get busy writing and e-mail [2] us your entry for Round 124. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging. In 2023, we polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [3]. Please refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic.