Committee Members Laud Legislation Honoring Former Senators

In its effort to honor former Senators George Goodwin and Horace Callwood, the Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs, and Consumer Protection Tuesday presented a historical snapshot of the Virgin Islands’ political foundations.

Callwood was elected to the first 15-senator Legislature in 1966. Goodwin managed Alexander Farrelly’s first gubernatorial campaign and negotiated the purchase of the West Indian Company. Farrelly was the territory’s fourth elected governor.

The act, voted on favorably and sent to the Rules and Judiciary Committee concerning Goodwin, proposes to name the Estate Nazareth cricket field on St. Thomas in his honor, and to award him the V.I. Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the highest award the Senate can grant. Goodwin is still alive but in a home in Jacksonville.

The measure concerning Callwood would rename the street running alongside Windward Passage Hotel in Charlotte Amalie in his honor. For decades the Horace A. Callwood Democratic Breakfast Club met every Tuesday at Winward Passage. The club quit meeting during the pandemic. Callwood passed away in 2020.