Posted on 12/30/2018 2:21:00 PM PST by NRx
Washington, Dec 29- The practical conclusion of the negotiations for the purchase of the Danish West Indies is virtually confirmed at the State Department in an announcement that an appropriation by Congress is all that remains to provide for the acquisition of St. Thomas and the other small islands owned by Denmark immediately to the eastward of Porto Rico, and it is the impression of officials that the money will be voted next month. The greatest difficulty in the negotiations has been the reluctance of Denmark to agree in advance to a sale while the United States was not prepared to guarantee to buy...
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So are the Virgin Islands 53, 54, or 55?
Puerto Rico because they already vote in primaries and Guam to prevent its collapse would make 52....
Why didn’t we buy Greenland while we were at it? /s
Nothing wrong with munchin’ a good ‘danish’.
A nice place to hold illegal immigrants.
Where is the returns desk? I want my money back.
Secretary Seward scotched the first deal 40 years earlier.
Porto Rico was what it was called in the US in 19th century and in fact for much of the early 20th century.
I guess you didnt notice the date...
You win the internet.
From Wikipedia:
The island's name was changed to "Porto Rico" by the United States after the Treaty of Paris of 1898.[41] The anglicized name was used by the U.S. government and private enterprises. The name was changed back to Puerto Rico by a joint resolution in Congress introduced by Félix Córdova Dávila in 1931.[42]I say just go all the way and rename it Richport.
“Porto Rico ? Im sure the author went to public school.”
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I’d say you did——check your facts.
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Thats a shitty location.
Was wondering as well.
That’s the white spelling, not the Mexican one.
I know most freepers are not from New York, but the NY Herald stopped using that name (and became the NY Herald Tribune after the merger) in the 1920s. That was my first clue that this was old news. Clicking on the link confirmed it.
MJ
I dont want the prune danish one.
Hopefully not this island :
Denmark’s Latest Stand Against ‘Undesirable’ Migrants: Ship Them To An Island
Lying in the middle of an inlet about two miles from shore, Denmark’s island of Lindholm could be described as inhospitable; for decades cattle and swine suspected of harboring exotic viral diseases were shipped there to be studied. Now, the Danish government says the island will host another set of unwanted inhabitants: rejected asylum seekers who can’t go home and foreigners convicted of crimes.
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