Alexia and her friend were enjoying a quick swim in Marsalforn Bay, just a few years ago. It was around 2pm, on a normal summer day. The two swam out to the northern part of the bay, treading water and chatting.
It was perfectly normal till then, except that all of a sudden, all the buildings which line that side of the shore disappeared. The two friends could see only the fields that must have once covered the whole bay area. The amazed girls had enough time to look at each other and verify that they could both see the same illusion.
Art students join in commemoration of one-year milestone of slave history project
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The Heritage Department of the National Parks Authority (NPA) is once again bringing attention to the 8th of March Project, an educational and genealogical research initiative that has been uncovering important elements of Antigua’s slave history.
According to an NPA release, the ongoing project has also been creating ancestral connections with modern communities in Antigua.
The project was inspired by a tragic event on March 8 1744 when a horrific explosion took the lives of enslaved Africans in the Antigua Naval Dockyard.
The discovery of their names prompted a search by the Heritage Department to deepen its research for more names. The story of these men was discovered within archival records that listed them as property that their owners used to require compensation after the explosion.
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Remembering Eloise – ‘a mentor, mother figure and friend’
FAREWELL TO A TOURISM GIANT
Eloise Francis devoted four decades of her life to enhancing the offerings of Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, and was one of its most beloved faces. Friends, coworkers and family paid tribute to her warmth, passion and enthusiasm after she died on Tuesday. (Facebook photo)
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by Gemma Handy
With her infectious smile and larger than life persona, Eloise Francis was one of Nelson’s Dockyard’s most familiar faces – and staunchest advocates – for four decades.
The 60-year-old, who dedicated more than half of her life to enhancing the country’s touristic offerings, died on Tuesday.