By Breaking Belize News Staff: A new website documenting the life and work of Thomas Vincent Ramos, the Garifuna civil rights advocate who founded Garifuna Settlement Day, was launched in Dangriga on Friday, November 13, to mark the 71st annual tribute to Ramos.
His granddaughter, Adele Olva Ramos, developed the Thomas Vincent Ramos Memorial Website to make his story more accessible. The site brings together biographical accounts, historical material and information on honors he received after his death on November 13, 1955. She said more multimedia content will be added over time.
National Garifuna Council President Alex Nolberto welcomed the launch, saying it would help pass Garifuna history on to younger generations. He also credited Adele Ramos for her earlier book, Thomas Vincent Ramos: The Man and His Writings, published by the council in 2000.
Ramos helped organize the first November 19 celebration in Dangriga in 1941 and pressed colonial authorities to recognize it as a public holiday. The observance, originally known as Carib Disembarkment Day, became a nationwide public holiday in 1977. Belize later honored Ramos by renaming the Southern Highway after him.
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By Breaking Belize News Staff: A new website documenting the life and work of Thomas Vincent Ramos, the Garifuna civil rights advocate who founded Garifuna Settlement Day, was launched in Dangriga on Friday, November 13, to mark the 71st annual tribute to Ramos. His granddaughter, Adele Olva Ramos, developed the Thomas Vincent Ramos Memorial Website
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