Gonâve Island
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Gonâve Island or Zile Lagonav is an island of Haiti located west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonâve. It is the largest of the Hispaniolan satellite islands. The island is an arrondissem
View of Gonâve Island from space
Faustin E. Wirkus
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Faustin Edmond Wirkus was a Polish-American United States Marine stationed in Haiti during the United States occupation of Haiti. He was reputedly crowned Faustin II, King of La Gonâve, a Haitian isla
Gonâve Island
…by the Haitian government, they governed La Gonâve independent of Haiti. During the United States occupation of Haiti, In 1926, U.S. Marine Sergeant Faustin E. Wirkus became involved in local affairs after he secured queen Ti Memenne’s release from charges related to Vodou practice. On the 18th of July 1926, Queen…
Faustin Wirkus
Location of the island of La Gonâve, west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti