bicentenaries
A Bicentenary on Tristan
Last week the Tristan Islanders marked the bicentenary of British rule over the island by having a variety of festivities and by reading a letter from H.R.H. Prince Philip. The history is important to the Islanders. During the Napoleonic Wars (called the War of 1812 in the U.S.), American privateers had used Tristan as a […]