Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

Opening Ceremony

November 6, 1976


Alton R. Lowe recalls…

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘗𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦. 𝘉𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢.

𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵.

Parliament Street, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

© 2026 Albert Lowe Museum

Parliament Street, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

© 2026 Albert Lowe Museum

Parliament Street, Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

© 2026 Albert Lowe Museum