Yeah I Wrote This!

The other day I listened with interest, as our parliamentarians debated the National heroes Bill and the National Honours Bill. Certainly, there is a need to recognise and to celebrate Bahamian heroes, moreso there is always a need to appreciate any person of any origin who has significantly contributed/impacted the development of the Bahamas.

With that being said, I took specific interest in His Excellency, Ambassador Keod Smith’s contribution to the House. Unfortunately, I caught the tail end of his speech, nevertheless, from what I had grasp from it, he proported that it is time to retire the statues of Columbus located in front of the Government House and Queen Victoria located down town Rawson’s square. Mr. Smith would like for these statues to be replaced by contemporary Bahamians, namely Lynden Pindling and the likes.

Sadly, MP Smith questions the significance of such statues in regards to Bahamian History. Apparently, he thinks that such statues take away from our nationalism. He looks at these monuments as foreign entities, a sore thumb that sticks out on our beautiful hand.

However, I would like to remind Mr. Smith that the Bahamas is made up of stories. Each story be they good or bad are connected. Each story is important and tells the history of us, where we are, where we came from and where we are going. So let Columbus stand, and continue to tell his story of the Bahamas.