A long-serving member of the OO Staff, not often mentioned here, is His Worship, the Unite States Consular Warden for Anguilla. This is an unpaid post, mostly involving handing out forms and answering questions. Once or twice a year, though, the Objective Observatory has a visit from Consular headquarters in Barbados. A Consul or Vice Consul arrives for two days, and this worthy interviews 50 or so families claiming U.S. citizenship for a child born in the Virgin Islands or in the U.S. Cookies and over-sugary sodas are served, while skilled Deputy Wardens assist in form completions. While that’s the basic job description, bizarre additions exist. This week, the Warden once more presided over a non-sectarian silver anniversary re-pledging of the vows of an American couple moving to Anguilla. The Warden is pretty smooth at such ceremonies, and always wears a large floppy white hat.

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