We forgot about the historic National Park on May 26

May 30, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor;
As Guyana celebrated its Golden Jubilee of fifty (50) years as an Independent Nation, I reflect on the Raising of the Golden Arrow Head Flag at the then Queen Elizabeth 11, Park, which was a golf course and subsequently was renamed the National Park. The Flag Pole still stands there where our National Flag was raised fifty (50) years ago, the Birth of an Independent Nation. The area where this historic event took place is very much left to be desired:
1) Nothing to tell the nation’s visitors that such an event took place there.
2) NO SIGN — NO NOTICE, NO PLAQUE.
I have no problem with the Flag Raising celebration being held at the Durban Park venue. Since it has the capacity to absorb the crowd expected and the National Park would not have been capable of accommodating such crowds.
However, it is my view that the Joint Service should have marched from the National Park Tarmac where the flag was raised fifty (50) years ago to Durban Park Jubilee Square, this would have been symbolic. It is just my suggestion.
William Blackman

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