Authorities in Grenada have named October 19 as a holiday to mark next year’s 41th anniversary of the assassination of several cabinet members including Prime Minister Maurice Bishop in the wake of the collapse of the then left-leaning People’s
Revolutionary Government/ New Jewel Movement government and the subsequent invasion of the Eastern Caribbean nation by the US. This is one of the decisions taken as part of the country’s 50th Anniversary of Independence celebrations. Grenada obtained its independence from Britain on February 7, 1974.
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell says the island will observe the anniversary of the massacre at the downtown Fort George as two government factions, one led by the charismatic Bishop and the other by far left revolutionary Bernard Coard struggled for power leading to the disintegration of the administration and providing an excuse for the Reagan administration to invade the island and crush its then socialist march.
The new holiday from next month now means that the island will have two in October as the 25th is also a holiday to mark the American invasion allegedly to restore law and order and to return the country to democratic rule. Read More
Wilkinson, B. (2023, September 28). GRENADA GETS ANOTHER HOLIDAY – Caribbean Life. Www.caribbeanlife.com. https://www.caribbeanlife.com/grenada-gets-another-holiday/
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