We are very proud and honored to introduce to you descendant Roselle Richardson born Nov 15, 1966 in Willemstad Curacao N.A. daughter of Clementine Constance Miller and the late Jim Richardson (policeman).
Rosie, as she is known was a volunteer at the Sint Maarten's Museum until she started working for the Roman Catolic Schoolboard as an assistent teacher in the Borghia Elementary School with our special contact to the research historian Mathias Voges.
Rosie won the competition of designing a flag for sint Maarten in 1985. This is the current flag of Sint Maarten N.A.
She is a wonderful person who also volunteered for the Animal foundations.
Flag of St Maarten
The flag of Sint Maarten was adopted 13 June 1985. It is red over blue with at the hoist a white triangle with the coat-of-arms (adopted 17 November 1982). These show on a blue, orange bordered shield the Court House in Philipsburg. Above the shield a sun with a flying pelican. Below the shield a yellow scroll with in blue the motto "SEMPER PROGREDIENS". 'The colors are those of the flag of the Netherlands. The arms show an old courthouse, a bouquet of yellow sage (the national flower), and a silhouette of the monument honoring Dutch-French friendship and the unity of both parts of the island. The orange border symbolizes loyalty to the ruling Dutch house of Oranje-Nassau. The crest is formed by a yellow disc which represents the sun, and a grey silhouette of a pelican in flight. The motto in Latin, "Semper Progrediens" means "Always Progressing".
On behalf of the VR-Family Tree Research Project we would like to thank Elsje Bosch ( Sint Maarten Museum) and Mathais Voges (historian) for providing us with this information.
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