Queen Empress in the heyday of the British Empire, she ruled from 1937 to 1901 and was monarch during the most effective period of the Anglicization of Dominica. This was brought about through the education system and constitutional changes. Many Dominicans associated her with granting Emancipation to slaves since " full free" was declared in 1838, the year after her accession. The governor's statement to the populace on that occasion made reference to them doing "what the Queen would want'. Some older Caribs associated her with the establishment of the Carib Reserve since it was declared in 1903, shortly after her death. Some places were named after her: the community of Victoria at Delices and the Victoria falls nearby. Queen's Street, named in the 18th century for Queen Charlotte, was renamed Victoria Street on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. A building was planned in what is now the Library Grounds to commemorate this jubilee but it was not completed until her death in 1901 and so in 1902 it was opened as the Victoria Memorial and served as reading rooms before the Public Library was built. It is now the sales office of DBS Radio, but the initials VRI can still be seen on the gable end: "Victoria Regina Imperiatrix". A huge portrait of her, painted with the subscriptions of Dominicans of all walks of life, hangs in the Dominica Museum. Her birthday, May 24, was celebrated every year long after her death as "Empire Day".