Videos: Celebrating Bermuda’s National Heroes
Bermuda is celebrating National Heroes Day today [June 15], honouring the island’s National Heroes, including Dame Lois Browne-Evans, Dr. E.F. Gordon, Dr. Pauulu Kamarakafego, Sir Henry Tucker, Mary Prince, Gladys Morrell, Sir E.T. Richards, and Sir John Swan.
To help mark the occasion, the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs has shared a series of video tributes from local Bermudians who discuss the specific causes that our National Heroes were passionate about.
Minister Lovitta Foggo’s Bermuda National Heroes Day 2020 Message
The Power Of Telling Our Stories: A Tribute To Mary Prince – Presented By Juanae Crockwell
Women’s Empowerment: A Tribute To Gladys Misick Morrell – Presented By Christie Hunter-Arscott
Overcoming Challenges: A Tribute To Sir John Swan – Presented By Thea Furbert, Tomorrow’s Voices
Sustainable Farming: A Tribute To Dr. Pauulu Kamarakafego – Presented By Chris Faria, Agraliving
The Power Of The Collective: A Tribute To Dr. E.F. Gordon – Presented By Yusef Bushara
Protecting Our Most Vulnerable: A Tribute To Dame Lois Browne-Evans – Presented By Liana Hall
Effecting Social Change Through Political Change: A Tribute To Sir Henry Tucker – Presented By John Barritt
Bermuda/Caribbean Connections: A Tribute To Sir Edward Richards – Presented By Dr. Theodore Francis
Each one of these tributes we have heard repeatedly and none of their legacy’s should ever be down played or lost, but there’s so many other National Heroes that we have had in years gone by and we ask when will there stories be told, may the selection committees can review and next year give us stories of live’s that have never been in our History book’s because it was never allowed in our schools.
I also look forward to the day that the Department of Education would implement into our schools curriculum mandatory Bermuda history instead of everyone else’s History, I have never heard of Mary Prince, unto the day that they had erected a Plaque in her honor at a residence on St. John’s Road Pembroke and that is only in the last 4 to 5 years, I never heard of Sallie Bassett before her statue was erected, so it goes to show what we don’t learn in our schools.
How can you have Heroes who fought against oppression (who Historically have been vilified in Bermuda) on the same level as the oppresors ( who were the villains) portrayed as Heroes?
This is a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ill choose who my Heroes will be!!!!!!!¡
This is a joke
All depends who you ask
The Minister of Education has the power to require all students who graduate in Bermuda, in public or private schools, to have to pass an exam in authentic Bermuda history.
This would be easy to implement and powerful in its effect.