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| Tuesday, 05 June 2012 14:40 | |||
 A 3-acre piece of land where the JAGS McCartney Memorial was built in 1980 has been designated as a National Memorial Park on Grand Turk. “The expansion of the memorial site will not only improve the setting and capacity of the site but also strengthen the heritage value of the area,” said His Excellency the Gov. Ric Todd in announcing the agreement. The 3-acre JAGS McCartney National Memorial Park will be a public space to remember and honour the courage and sacrifice of war veterans and future national heroes. The People’s Democratic Party had leased the property from the Crown for the development of their party headquarters on Airport Road. The lease had expired, and the government agreed to mutate the property to establish the JAGS McCartney Memorial site as a separate national institution and expanding it to create a National Memorial Park. “As former party leader, the task had fallen on me to renegotiate the terms of our party’s existing lease over the property held in Grand Turk — the property which housed the remains of the late great JAGS McCartney,” said Doug Parnell, currently deputy party leader. “I am delighted that we as a party have come to such a historic settlement with the Turks and Caicos Islands government. He (McCartney) belongs to all the peoples of these islands, and the establishment of the National Memorial Park signifies that we ALL recognize him as a national hero.” The party also offered to enter into a management agreement with government to assist with the maintenance and upkeep of the park and to develop it into a national cultural centre of attraction and significance. Photo: JAGS McCartney’s son lays a wreath at the memorial on National Heroes Day.
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