ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, would be the featured speaker on the 2024 Nationwide Heroes Day celebrations, which shall be commemorated on October 19 beneath the theme “Unity in commemorating our heroes: previous, current and future.”
Tradition Minister Adrian Thomas introduced throughout a information convention on Thursday.
That is the second yr Grenada observes October 19 as Nationwide Heroes Day. It will likely be a nationwide vacation, and the principle occasion shall be a rally within the jap parish of St Andrew’s.
October 19 is important as a result of it’s the date in October 1983 that deceased Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and a number of other others have been killed at Fort George as a consequence of inner battle inside factions of the Folks’s Revolutionary Authorities.
Earlier than 2023, the day was commemorated with a church service within the space of the Fort the place the killing occurred and the laying of wreaths by members of the family, buddies, and supporters of those that have been killed.
Thomas advised journalists that, like in 2023, nobody can be named a nationwide hero on the commemorative occasion as a result of the committee organizing the 2024 celebrations doesn’t give attention to that.
“We have now the committee established; they’ll give you the standards for choosing nationwide heroes, and the committee in 2025 shall be naming a few of the nationwide heroes we hope will encourage our Grenadian individuals,” he mentioned.
Nevertheless, part 16 of Grenada’s 2007 Nationwide Honours And Awards Act establishes a Fee often known as the Status Order of Nationwide Hero Fee. The perform of the Fee is to make such investigations because it thinks match to find out individuals, residing or useless, upon whom the Status Order of Nationwide Hero could also be conferred and subject a report back to the Prime Minister on the results of these investigations.
The laws says that the nationwide hero title might be awarded to any particular person born in Grenada or a citizen of Grenada at their dying. That particular person will need to have given excellent service to Grenada the place that service has altered the course of the historical past of Grenada; given service to Grenada which has been exemplified by visionary and pioneering management, extraordinary achievements or attainment of the very best excellence, and which has redounded to the honour of Grenada; or by means of their heroic exploits or sacrifices contributed to the advance of the financial and social circumstances of Grenada.
When establishing a hero’s park, Thomas mentioned that the federal government had already recognized the land, however session may change the situation. “If individuals suppose that one of the best place is probably not Camerhogne Park in St George, however one of the best place is Leaper’s Hill in St Patrick, then we have now that dialogue however come 2025, we shall be turning the sod for the institution of a heroes Park,” mentioned Thomas.
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