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                                                  March 10, 2015 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                 Government House Communication Contacts:         
                                                                         Kimberly Jones, Director  
Samuel Topp, Deputy Director  
 
OFFICE OF VERTERANS AFFAIRS 
WOMEN’S RECOGNITION EVENT  
  
(St. Thomas, March 10, 2015) Governor Kenneth E Mapp and Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Osbert E Potter join in celebration with Director Farrell of the Office of 
Veterans Affairs, as they celebrate Women’s History Month. 
 
The Office of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a Women’s recognition event 
where they will present “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives”.   
 
This year’s theme presents the opportunity to weave women’s stories – individ-
ually and collectively – into the essential fabric of our nation’s history. 
 
The accounts of the lives of individual women are critically important because 
they reveal exceptionally strong role models who share a more expansive vision 
of what a woman can do. The stories of women’s lives, and the choices they 
made, encourage girls and young women to think larger and bolder, and give 
boys and men a fuller understanding of the female experience. Knowing 
women’s achievements challenges stereotypes and upends social assumptions 
about who women are and what women can accomplish today. 
There is a real power in hearing women’s stories, both personally and in a larger 
context. Remembering and recounting tales of our ancestors’ talents, sacrifices, 
and commitments inspires today’s generations and opens the way to the future. 
We recognize and celebrate the many ways that women’s history has become 
woven into the fabric of our national story. 
 
 
 
 
Presentations are as follows: 
 
St. John – Friday March 13th, 6:00 pm – St. Ursula Church and Multipurpose 
Center. 
 
St. Thomas – Monday, March 16th, 6:00 pm – SFC Leonard B. Francis Armory 
in Estate Nazareth. 
 
St. Croix – Tuesday, March 17th, 6:00 pm – Bromley Berkley Post 133, #15-16 
Prince Street, Frederiksted   
 
For further information please contact the Office of Veterans Affairs in  
St. Croix -340-773-6663, in St. Thomas-340-774-6100 
 
 
 
 
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