They planted Royal Palm Trees to beautify Victoria Avenue in 1904. The street was originally named Culmer Street.
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Nassau, Bahamas -
As my
first year as President comes to an end I realize what a huge debt of
gratitude
I owe to the Management Committee, Volunteers and the general public,
who visit
the museum. But I also realize that in great part the Bahamas Historical
Society and Bahamians have benefitted from the generous donation of the
former
IODE Headquarter building that has become our home.
The Commonwealth
of The Bahamas and The Bahamas Historical Society owe a huge debt of
gratitude
to the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire. The IODE, formed
in 1900,
was a woman’s charitable organization dedicated to community service,
child welfare and distressed citizens.
Besides
their many works of charity I would like to highlight three instances of
generous
gifts that have enhanced our Bahamas.
Above
is a picture of the 24 mature palm trees – now only 6 remain
On
Empire day 24th May 1905, The IODE unveiled the statue of
Queen
Victoria in Rawson’s Square.
In
October 1976 they donated their IODE Headquarters to The Bahamas
Historical
Society. We developed the hall into the museum it is today.
Above is
a picture of IODE members (guesstimation of late 1980s). Sadly the IODE
is now
no longer in existence.
We
thank the IODE for their many gifts in the same words of the Eleutheran
Adventurers in their thanks for provisions from Boston:
....” we may express how sensible we are of
God's
love and tender care of us manifested in yours; and avoid that foul sin
of
ingratitude so abhorred of God, so hateful to all men.”
