How is the public holiday, Independence day celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago annually?

Answer 1

August 31, 1999, T&T celebrated its 37th year of independence from Britain. Trinbagonians celebrate Independence Day in various ways. Some of us may choose to relax at home, happy for the day away from work; some of us may go on family outings; some of us may go to the beach (a difficult feat at times though we live on an island!); and some of us may just sit back and reflect on how this great nation has grown and what it has achieved in the last 37 years.

Graphic of Fireworks/T&T
In recent years, an activity that has become very popular is attending the fireworks display at the Queen's Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain on Independence night. Hundreds of citizens go and you're sure to find locals from as far south as Freeport, and from as far north(east) as Scarborough. The fireworks are a sight to behold and, funny enough, what sticks in your head more than the boom of the fireworks are the oohs and ahhs of the crowd after each explosion of colour into the night sky.

Answer 2

Trinidad And Tobago Independence Day

Answer 3

Actually, a much later date would be more accurate. We celebrate the date we declared independence, not the date the Declaration was actually ratified nor the date we actually gained independence. We're taught to ignore the fact that we could have still lost the war and then declaring our independence in the Revolution would have been useless as we would have remained colonies of Britian. We're also incorrectly taught that the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration on July 4, 1776, thus ratifing it on that date. Try August 2, 1776, that's the actual date of ratification. In order for a document to actually be ratified those ratifying it must sign their names to it to make the ratification official, most of the delegates did not sign until August 2nd with only Hancock signing July 4th. But we had to win the war in order to truely gain our independence. That means a date of October 19, 1781 when Cronwallis surrendered to Washington, bringing the war to an end. Then you look to September 3, 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was ratified, officially ending the war and declaring the colonies a new, independent nation.

Answer 4

Well we get the day off, and there is a military style parade in our capital city. A national awards ceremony is also traditionally held on that day. In recent times firework displays have been becoming more and more prevalent. Here's a link to the Trinidad and Tobago national library which gives a little more detail.

Answer 5

That's odd.

Answer 6

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