Hanover Marks Bustamante’s 125th Birthday on Tuesday

A civic ceremony, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, Sir Alexander Bustamante, will be held on Tuesday (Feb. 24), at Sir Alexander’s birthplace in Blenheim, Hanover.
The annual event is being staged jointly by the Hanover Parish Council and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC).
Slated to commence at 11:00 am, the birthday tribute will be attended by an array of civic and political leaders, and representatives of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), which Sir Alexander founded.
Newly appointed Custos of Hanover, Dr. N A Stair, will attend the ceremony for the first time in his official capacity. Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2008, Katrina Grant, who is from the adjoining parish of Westmoreland, is also expected to be in attendance.
Cultural presentations in speech, song and dance, will be performed by representatives of schools and folk groups throughout Hanover. Many of these groups have been awarded at the highest level in the JCDC’s annual cultural competitions.
Organisers have promised that the event, which will honour the national hero and first prime minister, will be of the high standard that patrons have come to expect over the years.