lowered for the last time and replaced by the barbados flag. it is a big island. a lot of older people look back on this very dark past and are angry about it and they want to get rid of the british monarchy and they want reparations for what was done by the brits back in the 1620s when they settled here and made huge amounts of money from the sugar trade and slave trade. younger people i think the ones i spoke to today are feeling very positive about this moment and want to move on and look forward to a brighter future. the celebration is just starting. an epic steel band will be playing behind me soon and we ll have the moment at midnight when barbados gets its first president, a barbados president and head of state appointed by the parliament. it is a huge moment in caribbean history. other countries like jamaica