Comments on: Caribbean: Emancipation Day

By: John

John — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:16:30 +0000

By all means, have your memorial where persons could reminisce and consider their purpose in life.

Place it: 1. in front of the new library complex, 2. at the end of converging nature trails where families can congregate, 3. on a scenic hillside facing Africa… Contribute to the existing tapestry.

What is this nonsense regarding existing monuments having “no real ties to us”? Where do you end with your throwing out? Who is this “us” of which you speak?

Argument? You sit down there and mutter about my bread and butter.

;)

By: E. Cottle

E. Cottle — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:58:18 +0000

You must be one of those who only sees the side on which his bread has always been buttered. I am not here for an argument.

By: John

John — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:25:02 +0000

I have family listed on that war memorial. Cottle you want a slap? ;)

By: E. Cottle

E. Cottle — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:17:45 +0000

We should set up a memorial in Kingstown. I am sure there are many in the diaspora who will contribute towards it. Not only will it be a fitting way of remembering our ancestors who suffered, but like the Chatoyer Memorial, it will help to keep the spirit of rememberance of those long departed, in the hearts of future generations.

Not forgetting we have a War Memorial and a Peace Memorial. These we could throw out. They have no real ties to us.

By: kiara

kiara — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:25:54 +0000

this day rocks socks hehehe:))))

By: What Say Ye Now? — Tropical holiday Destinations

What Say Ye Now? — Tropical holiday Destinations — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:51:19 +0000

[...] a lot of emancipating to do. Thebookmann, writing from Trinidad and Tobago, encourages source: Caribbean: Emancipation Day, Global Voices [...]

By: Rashid

Rashid — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:48:27 +0000

This blogger from Barbados did a very good post on Emancipation Day:

http://individuality1977.blogspot.com/2007/08/emancipation-day.html