Nassau, Bahamas -
It is not very often we host
next month’s speaker together with this month’s speaker. Chris
Curry (pictured right) gave an excellent talk on “Black Loyalists”
on Thursday 27th January. Darius Williams (left) will speak on
Thursday 24th February at 6pm on Church History of St Stevens Parish, highlighting Grand Bahama.
Chris
brought his family Raquel and Chriselle along for support. (The family are
pictured in front of the Screens of “The Picture History of the Bahamas”
painted by Diana Pullinger. (We are still trying to raise money to publish a
souvenir booklet of these beautiful paintings)
And we
drew our largest audience to support him.
Some of
that support were young – students from College of Bahamas, history
students with Dr Tracey Thompson, Dr Stephen Aranha and almost Dr Chris Curry (
he defends his PhD on 3rd March)
And
some of the support was a little older (Sir Orville Turnquest, Jim Lawlor,
Pericles Maillis and Chris Curry)
We owe
a huge debt of gratitude to Andrea Major for the pictures and to Robert Dorsett
for filming the event on YOUTUBE: Here are the links for Chris Curry's
presentation on “Black Loyalists” at The Bahamas Historical Society:
The Bahamas Historical Society (BHS)is
a non-profit organization dedicated to stimulating interest in Bahamian
History and to the collection and preservation of material relating
thereto. Its Headquarters, the former IODE Hall, was a gift from the
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE). BHS is on Shirley
Street and Elizabeth Avenue in Nassau.www.bahamashistoricalsociety.
com
All
talks at our museum corner of Shirley Street and Elizabeth Avenue Parking at
the ex Psilinakis carpark north of the museum on Elizabeth Ave. Entrance
via First Caribbean Bank on Shirley Street. – Thanks to Manager Byron
Miller (Thanks to Philippa Moss COB English Dept for Map below)
