Landmark· Anegada· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Faulkner House Museum
18° 43.2′ N · 64° 19.2′ W
The restored clapboard home of Theodolph Halburn Faulkner, the Anegada fisherman whose marketplace speeches in Road Town sparked the November 24, 1949 march of more than 1,500 Virgin Islanders for a constitution, furnished with his family's belongings. Declared a national monument in 2000.
Practical
Position is the museum building in OpenStreetMap; the BVI Tourism listing pin (18.720145, -64.325015) is about 500 m west. Free, with a donation jar; a docent is available to answer questions about Faulkner and Anegada (BVI Tourism). Opening hours are not published: ask in the village. History (Wikipedia, History of the BVI): after a dispute with the medical officer when he brought his pregnant wife to Tortola, Faulkner went to the Road Town marketplace and spoke against the government over several nights; community leaders Isaac Fonseca and Carlton de Castro led the resulting movement, and the march led Britain to reinstate the Legislative Council in 1950. Reach it by taxi or rental from Setting Point (about 4 miles east); it is a short walk from the iguana headstart facility in The Settlement.
Best for
A short history stop in The Settlement