BY JULIE CARRINGTON | JUN 2, 2023
The Morgan Lewis Windmill (pictured) will be re-launched on Saturday, June 10 as part of activities for Heritage Month. (FP)
The focus will be on Celebrating and Preserving our Natural Heritage, when the Prime Minister’s Office Division of Culture launches activities to mark Heritage Month.
The activities, which fall within the Season of Emancipation, will commence with a Genealogy Marketplace, to be hosted by the Department of Archives, tomorrow, Saturday, June 3, at its Black Rock location, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Interested persons may register at archives@barbados.gov.bb.
Later that day, the St. Mary’s Anglican Church will host its Jazz in the Yard – A Heritage Gala, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. There will be entertainment and a torchlight tour of the historic graveyard by historian Morris Greenidge.
On Thursday, June 8, noted historian Trevor Marshall, will deliver a lecture on the theme: Bajan Women in Popular Culture 1920 – 2023, in the Reading Room, 1st Floor, National Library Service Headquarters, Fairchild Street, Bridgetown, starting at noon.
The following day, Friday, June 9, Dr. Frederick Inniss, will deliver the annual Genealogy Lecture on the theme: The Importance of Genealogy to the Understanding of Barbadian History.
The discussion, hosted by the Department of Archives and the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc., will be held at the Sir Courtney Blackman Grand Salle, Tom Adams Financial Centre, Church Village, St. Michael, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 10, will see the re-launch of the Morgan Lewis Windmill, St. Andrew, hosted by the Barbados National Trust. The opening times are Monday to Thursday and Saturday, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Further information may be obtained by calling 426-2421. The public is encouraged to come out and participate in the activities during the month.
