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'Homage' to be paid to H. Lavity Stoutt on Monday, March 7, 2022

- 27th annual memorial celebration slated for Cappoon’s Bay Burial Ground
H. Lavity Stoutt Memorial Celebration is an annual event hosted by the Government of the Virgin Islands in collaboration with the H. Lavity Stoutt Commemorative Committee. Photo: VINO/File
The 27th annual memorial celebration for the late Chief Minister H. Lavity Stoutt is being held under the theme, ‘1967 Ministerial Government: A Turning Point for Development of the Virgin Islands’ and will take place at the Cappoon’s Bay Burial Ground on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Photo: GIS
The 27th annual memorial celebration for the late Chief Minister H. Lavity Stoutt is being held under the theme, ‘1967 Ministerial Government: A Turning Point for Development of the Virgin Islands’ and will take place at the Cappoon’s Bay Burial Ground on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Photo: GIS
CAPPOON'S BAY, Tortola, VI- Focus will be given to the year that resulted in a new direction in the development of the Virgin Islands during the ceremony in observation of the visionary leader, the late Honourable Hamilton Lavity Stoutt.

This year marks the 27th annual memorial celebration and is being held under the theme, ‘1967 Ministerial Government: A Turning Point for Development of the Virgin Islands’ and will take place at the Cappoon’s Bay Burial Ground on Monday, March 7, 2022, at 10:00 am, according to a press release from Government Information Service (GIS) on March 5, 2022.

'Where there is no vision the people perish'

Hamilton Lavity Stoutt served in many capacities during his time. His favorite quote was said to be, “Where there is no vision the people perish”. It is from his vision for the people of the Virgin Islands that the Territory’s first tertiary institute was founded and thus named in his honour.

H. Lavity Stoutt Memorial Celebration is an annual event hosted by the Government of the Virgin Islands in collaboration with the H. Lavity Stoutt Commemorative Committee.

The Government of the Virgin Islands celebrates the life of the late Honourable H. Lavity Stoutt as a person of historic significance to the Territory every year on the first Monday in March. The day is declared a public holiday in celebration of the anniversary of the birthday of the Territory’s first Chief Minister.

The late H. Lavity Stoutt was born on March 7, 1929, and died on May 14, 1995.

4 Responses to “'Homage' to be paid to H. Lavity Stoutt on Monday, March 7, 2022”

  • asking for a friend (06/03/2022, 14:06) Like (2) Dislike (3) Reply
    What about uncle Ralph?
    • @ SAM (06/03/2022, 18:07) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
      BOTH OF THEM ARE ROLLING NIN THEIR GRAVES WHEN SEE WHAT HAS BECOME OF ALL THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ONCE PEACEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
      • Reply (07/03/2022, 09:44) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
        Thank god for Andrew Fahie both stoutt and Ralph must be proud very proud of he he kept us safe throughout the COVID pandemic and how he has fight to keep the bvi in our hands

        If ndp was in we would have been all dead and the Uk would have taken over
  • Plain (07/03/2022, 09:55) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    &Notice the first comment is not there. Are you afraid of the great man we are celebrating? He was a hero. The onlyChief who had a vision for this territory. The others tried to build on what he started. Some are even trying to remove some of what he did.


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