January 10th has always been important to the Bahamians. On that day in 1967 they voted in the first free and fair election in Bahamian history. Majority (black) rule soon ensued. The day is even more dear to them than Independence Day on July 10th. 2014 was, however the first time the day was celebrated as a legal holiday, and White Pepper was pleased to participate. First we met our friends from Grand Bahamas, Don and Paula von Hamm. Don is a semi-retired professor of history at the local college in Freeport, and Paula works in real estate. Alert readers will remember Paula from my post in April 2011 "Easter at Rock Sound."
The von Hamm's with Jan
We all headed for downtown Freeport where speeches and marches were underway. Here is the Fire Department Marching Band.
Fire Department Band
Don and Paula let us go early as today was our 10th anniversary (observed). Actually our anniversary was January 2nd. We were pinned down in Lake Worth, FL waiting out a cold front and could not get off the boat. We celebrated 10 wonderful years of adventure at Cappuccino's--a surprisingly good Italian restaurant in the Lucaya Village.
Tenth year anniversary
The menu was grilled scallops, blue cheese gnocchi, salad, grilled wahoo, and Tira Missou. Here's to 10 or 20 more years.
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