Those wanting to take away EE/LL festival are ‘ignorant’ of history- Hon Marlon A. Penn
Hon Penn gave remarks during the opening ceremony for the East End/Long Look Festival and William Penn Festiville on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
He said about two years ago, a “clarion call” was sent out to the community to revamp the festival in the community
“I have to say that Shaunice [Leonard] and her group of women and a few good men stepped forward, and they have engaged the community, and that’s evident in this whole atmosphere that they have created here tonight.”
He commended the committee for ensuring the 2025 festival celebration in East End/Long Look is a vibrant one, worthy of being celebrated
East End/Long Look people were the first free people
Hon Penn added that resilience speaks to the people of East End/Long Look.
“There has been a lot of talk that we should take away the Wednesday from East End, we should take away that from East End, but talk could only exist when persons are not knowledgeable about their history,” he said.
This year, he continued, marks the 249th anniversary of freedom in East End/Long Look.
“The East End/Long Look people are celebrating 249 years of freedom, the first free people in the Western Hemisphere. The holiday that we celebrate tomorrow is because of the resilience and hard-fought battle in the House of Assembly by…the late Leslie Malone,” Hon Penn explained.
The late Mr Malone, he said, understood what freedom and celebrating that freedom meant to the community.
“So we cannot just allow persons to make those loose comments that they’re going to take away anything from the East End/Long Look community people.”
Hon Penn, meanwhile, asked Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), who was also present at the ceremony, to ensure that the right amount is allocated to the East End/Long Look Festival in the next budget cycle.
For today’s parade, the committee received 21 entries.
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22 Responses to “Those wanting to take away EE/LL festival are ‘ignorant’ of history- Hon Marlon A. Penn ”
Something to think about.
And not focused on having love in your heart
The Creator stoping what they executed
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On the other hand:
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