Haiti celebrated its 220th Independence Anniversary on January 1, 2024. Haiti made history by being the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery on January 1, 1804. Slavery was abolished in the British Empire in 1838. Ancestors’ Day and Independence Day are commemorated on the first two days of the calendar year. Many […]
At 11:55 pm on August 5, 1962, darkness engulfed the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. There was a quiet. And later a roar of the capacity filled stadium at 12:01 am August 6, 1962; Indicating the end of the flight of the Union Jack and a new beginning, a newly independent nation, new colors representing […]
