By Jeff Trotman
Regional Chairman of Region Ten,Sharma Solomon has called on the National Trust to pay greater attention to the preservation of Fort Nassau on the Berbice River and sites in Linden such as the historical monument at the old saw mill in Silvertown, the Watooka Guest House and the St Aidans Anglican Church on Burnham Drive, which is over a hundred years old.
The Regional Chairman made the call while delivering an address at the launch of Heritage Week 2014, which was held on Tuesday last at the Egbert Benjamin Interpretation Centre, Linden. ‘Celebrating our Diverse Heritage’ is the theme of the Heritage Week activity in Linden, which takes the form of an exhibition, which includes booklets, leaflets and posters on a range of cultural and historical topics.
Lennox Hernandez, Chairman of the Georgetown-based National Trust, in delivering the opening and welcome remarks at the launch of heritage Week 2014, pointed out that Heritage Week is usually held in Georgetown but the National Trust is making a decided effort to reach out to other parts of the country. He said, the National Trust held an exhibition in
