Today is a public holiday here in The Bahamas.
Emancipation Day, the day of celebration set aside for the observation of the emancipation of slaves, and is marked on the first Monday in August each year.
Fox Hill, a community toward the eastern end of the island of New Providence (where the capital city of Nassau is), has a week of festivities each year, usually from August 1 through 6. Click here for a brief outline.
Wikipedia also has an interesting run down on each of the islands in the Caribbean. Click here for that link.
Of course freedom is worth celebrating every day.
Statue of Sir Milo Butler in Rawson Square, Downtown Nassau. Sir Milo was The Bahamas first Bahamian Governor General and he was instrumental in majority rule for The Bahamas.
Statue of Queen Victoria in Rawson Square, Downtown Nassau. Queen Victoria of course signed the proclamation freeing slaves.
