You've got Columbus Day; the BVI has St. Ursula's Day

The local morning news casters kept mentioning the holiday business closings for St. Ursula's Day.  We asked a few people what the holiday was about and no one was able to give us an answer.  There were limited hits when I googled it just now, but the following excerpt helps to explain it a bit.

St. Ursula is on the BVI Flag.

The Virgin Islands were first settled by Arawak Indians from South America around 100 BC and inhabited the islands until the fifteenth century when Carib Indians from the Lesser Antilles Islands displaced them. The first European sighting of the Virgin Islands was in 1493 by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage to the Americas. He called them Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes (Saint Ursula and her 11,000 Virgins); this was shortened to Las Vírgenes (The Virgins).

The source was not clear if Columbus landed in the Virgin Islands on or around St. Ursula's Feast Day, October 21st, but I'm guessing that is what moved him to name them as he did.