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From The Sun Never Sets: Travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British Empire, by Simon Winchester

ST. KITTS-NEVIS-ANGUILLA

"The Kittiitian who was in the unhappy position of being his Government's official representative in the Valley on Independence Day decided to make as little fuss as possible: he got out of bed at four, raised the independence flag in his living room, saluted it while still in his pajamas, and then crept back to bed."

From Chapter 9, The British West Indies