‘Oh Beautiful Virgin Islands’, the Territorial Song of the Virgin Islands, has been rated by popular Caribbean Instagrammer Marquis Knight-Jacks among his Top 10 favourite anthems for Caribbean nations. Photo: Instagram

Barbadian Knight-Jacks, who has over 9,880 followers on Instagram, put ‘Oh Beautiful Virgin Islands’ at number 7 on his ‘Top 10 Caribbean Anthems’ list. Photo: Instagram

Barbadian Knight-Jacks, who has over 9,880 followers on Instagram, put ‘Oh Beautiful Virgin Islands’ at number 7 on his ‘Top 10 Caribbean Anthems’ list.

Making number 1 was the national anthem of The Bahamas, followed by the anthems of Montserrat, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and Guyana respectively. Number 8 was the national anthem of Haiti, following by that of the Dominican Republic, and Barbados respectively.

God Save the King is VI’s National Anthem

God Save the King is still the national anthem of the Virgin Islands; however, Cabinet, in its meeting of September 18, 2019, decided that the Territorial Song, "Oh Beautiful Virgin Islands" be played, in place of the National Anthem, "God Save the Queen [King]", at regional and international sports events where a participant(s) representing the territory of the Virgin Islands receives a medal.

The Resolution was passed on September 24, 2020, during the continuation of the Fourteenth Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola.

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