PHOTOS: Floral Tribute To Mark 137th Anniversary Of Marcus Garvey’s Birth August 18, 2024 Listen National Honours and Awards Share Photo: Mark Bell Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, engages in conversation with the son of the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Hon. Dr. Julius Garvey (left), and Chairman of the Marcus Garvey in Schools Foundation, Major (Ret’d) Effiom Whyte. Occasion was a floral tribute to commemorate the 137th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth, held on Saturday (August 17), at National Heroes Park in Kingston. Marcus Garvey, who was Jamaica’s first National Hero, was born in St. Ann's Bay, St. Ann on August 17, 1887. Photo: Mark Bell Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon (second left), participates in a floral tribute to commemorate the 137th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, held on Saturday (August 17), at National Heroes Park in Kingston. She is joined by (from left) Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley; Opposition Leader, Mark Golding; Minister of Education and Youth, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Custos Rotulorum of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller. Photo: Mark Bell Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Information, Skills and Digital Transformation, Senator Dr. the Hon. Dana Morris Dixon, looks at the bust of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, during a floral tribute on Saturday (August 17) at National Heroes Park in Kingston, to commemorate the 137th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth. Photo: Mark Bell Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Andrew Swaby, pays his respects after laying flowers at the shrine of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Saturday (August 17), to mark the 137th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth. Photo: Mark Bell Son of the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Hon. Dr. Julius Garvey, places flowers at his shrine at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Saturday (August 17). Occasion was a floral tribute to mark the 137th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s birth. Photo: Mark Bell Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, lays flowers to mark the 137th anniversary of the birth of Right Excellent Marcus Garvey, at National Heroes Park in Kingston on Saturday (August 17). Photo: Mark Bell President of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), Steven Golding, participates in the floral tribute to mark the 137th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, held on Saturday (August 17) at National Heroes Park in Kingston. Photo: Mark Bell The Uhuru Drummers perform ‘African Culture’ at the floral tribute to mark the 137th anniversary of the birth of National Hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey, held on Saturday (August 17) at National Heroes Park in Kingston.