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A Bermudian slave who became the face of the anti-slavery movement has been formally named a national hero. In a ceremony at Barr’s Bay Park on Saturday, more than 200 people gathered to remember the life and sacrifices of Mary Prince, who was born i...

A Bermudian slave who became the face of the anti-slavery movement has been formally named a national hero. In a ceremony at Barr's Bay Park this evening, more than 200 people gathered to remember the life and sacrifices of Mary Prince, who was born ...

Mary Prince will be inducted as the 2012 National Hero today in honour of her role in the abolition of slavery in Bermuda and the Caribbean. No new heroes were going to be inducted in 2012 after three were inducted last year, according to a statement...

Slave and champion of the abolitionist movement, Mary Prince, will be recognised as Bermuda’s national hero this year. A ceremony will be held in her honour next Saturday in advance of National Heroes Day on June 18. The ceremony will take place at 6...

It is difficult to recall when last we had so busy and stimulating a weekend as the one just passed. Highlights included attending the Queen's Birthday Parade on Front Street, featuring our smartly turned-out security forces; then we joined in The Be...

Three outstanding men hailed as the architects of modern Bermuda are the Island's National Heroes for 2011. The lives of Dr EF Gordon, Dr Roosevelt Brown and Sir Henry Tucker are all entwined and they are often mentioned in the same breath as men of ...

Dr Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon championed the cause of Bermudian workers and fought tirelessly for equal rights for black Bermudians - laying the groundwork for much of the political and social change that came about after his death. He received his ear...

Dr Pauulu Roosevelt Osiris Nelson Brown Kamarakafego was a campaigner for universal adult suffrage in Bermuda, a Progressive Labour Party (PLP) member of parliament, and worked with the United Nations, but he always considered himself to be a quiet m...

To many, Sir Henry Tucker, is considered along with Dr EF Gordon as one of the Island's two most important leaders of the 20th Century. He became Bermuda's first government leader on May 22, 1968 in the first election held under a new Constitution a...

This weekend the Young Progressives honoured the three men this year selected as National Heroes in a ceremony outside City Hall. Dr EF Gordon, Pauulu Kamarakafego (Roosevelt Browne), and Sir Henry “Jack” Tucker were each celebrated for their contrib...