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美國接管維京群島 (Virgin
Islands) ：1917年3月31日
雖然丹麥在美國獨立革命期間表示中立，但是有許多武器與補給品卻經由聖克洛伊克斯島走私進入美國。內政部的這份報告指出這些補給品是美國商人與聖克洛伊克斯島上的佛瑞得瑞克堡壘 (Fort
Frederik) 之間的交易行為，而雙方也互相承認。這個正式的認同代表著丹麥是最先承認美國獨立的國家。
到了現在，美屬維京群島已經成為一個著名的觀光勝地。如果你到那裡參觀，你還可以看到當地的蔗田，你可以想像一直以來島嶼上的生活是什麼樣子的。
Even though Denmark was an officially neutral country during the American Revolution (it was neither on the side of the Colonies nor the British), there was one case of arms and supplies smuggled to the Americans from the island of St. Croix. The Interior Department report states that, as the supplies were being passed, salutes were exchanged "between a merchantman flying the Grand Union flag [America's flag] and Fort Frederik at the west end of St. Croix." Their salute was "the first acknowledgment of the American flag from foreign soil."
Today, the U.S. Virgin Islands are a popular vacation spot. If you visit them you can still see the fields of sugarcane that grow there and imagine how life on the islands used to be.
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