Monday, March 4, was a public holiday in Anguilla in honour of the birthday of the late James Ronald Webster, Father of the Nation and Leader of the 1967 Anguilla Revolution.
Mr. Webster’s birthday fell on Saturday, March 2, when he would have been 93. He died on December 9, 2016, at the age of 90 and was accorded an Official Funeral on February 13, 2017.
There were no official events to commemorate his birthday holiday in accordance with his desire, during the closing period of his life, that the Government should discontinue the celebration of his birthday.
Mr. Webster’s body was interred into a specially-built Mausoleum on the hillside area overlooking the Ronald Webster Park – that bears his name – and The Valley.
He was remembered with a single Official Flag of Anguilla, now flying at the Mausoleum which remains open for visitors.
Meanwhile, the newly-built Crocus Bay Gazebo was decorated with Official Flags both in observance of the National Holiday on Saturday, March 2, and its opening on Sunday, March 3.
A East End, on the grounds of the old East End School, the Committee for the re-election Mr. Jerome Roberts held a breakfast session to raise funds. He took the opportunity to pay tribute to Mr. Webster, and his leadership, in brief commentary to The Anguillian newspaper.
