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St. Kitts and Nevis honoured

Published:Tuesday | January 22, 2008 | 2:28 PM

United States has honoured St. Kitts and Nevis by hoisting the flag of the twin-island federation alongside its own.



The event marked the birthday of Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers, who was born in Nevis.



The newly renovated Museum of American Finance, in the Wall Street Financial District in New York, has been opened also to honour Hamilton.



He founded the Bank of New York, which is the United States’ first bank.



An entire room in the museum has been dedicated to Hamilton who was the first United States’ Secretary of the Treasury.