Danes seek cultural ties to U.S. Virgin Islands

A man climbs the famed ‘99’ Steps on a hill overlooking Charlotte Amalie Harbor in St. Thomas. The steps were made with bricks that were originally used as ballast on Danish ships.

French, American, U.S. Virgin Islands and Danish flags, from left, fly at the Frenchtown Marina in Frenchtown, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. A U.S. territory since 1917, the Virgin Islands spent more than two centuries as a Danish colony.