2013 Rawson Square Photo: Gena Gibbs/BIS

Bahamas, Nassau - As the country celebrates its second annual National Heroes Day on Monday, 13th October 2014, a public ceremony will be held in honour of the framers of the constitution at the mausoleum of Sir Lynden Pindling, the Father of the nation, at 10 am to mark that occasion.

Performing the ceremony will be Acting Governor-General, H.E. Oswald Ingraham.

It was in December 1972 when a bipartisan group of thirteen Parliamentarians, nine from the governing party and four from the opposition, traveled to London to execute the Independence Order, paving the way for nationhood on July 10th 1973.

The Constitution Framers were then Prime Minister, Sir Lynden Pindling, Sir Milo Butler, Hon. Arthur D. Hanna, Hon. Paul L. Adderley, Hon. George Smith, Hon. Cadwell Armbrister, Hon. Philip Bethel, Hon. Henry Bowen and Hon. A. Loftus Roker from the governing Parliamentary Caucus. The opposition House members were opposition leader Sir Kendal G. L. Isaacs, Sir Orville Turnquest, Sir Arthur Foulkes and Hon. Norman Solomon.

Of the thirteen framers, six are still with us. They are Hon. Arthur D. Hanna, Sir. Arthur Foulkes, Hon. George Smith, Hon. A. Loftus Roker, Sir Orville Turnquest and Hon. Philip Bethel.

The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie and other Cabinet Ministers will be in attendance.

The general public and media are invited to attend.