Harbour Islanders Say No To Electricity 1943
Bahamians call electricity – current. Such as strange word in today’s vernacular, don’t you think? To those unfamiliar with history or science, it may appear as though current was just Continue Reading
American Thanksgiving in the Bahamas 1935
A 1935 photo of a Bahamian woman, carrying a rather large turkey on her head, gives some indication of just how long an American-styled Thanksgiving tradition has been in the Continue Reading
“Guard Our Heritage” Celebrating 250 Years of Parliamentary Democracy 1979
With its 1973 independence, a new Social Contract had been psychosocially and constitutionally enacted between the Bahamian government and the people. This was not the first Social Contract, but it Continue Reading
100 Scottish-Irish Bahamians and Thousands of Black Bahamians Exported As Labourers To America 1945
If we look to great stories of historical importance, especially those whose origins begin in the ocean crossing annals of a colonised West Indies, then nothing surpasses the evolutionary tale Continue Reading
Popular Bahamas Police Band Performance “Beat Retreat” Explained
Some of greatest military manoeuvres in history involved the retreat. The Retreat of Dunkirk during World War II, the March of the Ten Thousand in 401 BC, and even George Continue Reading