President David Granger on Thursday paid tribute to James McFarlane Corry who was born in 1850 and is considered the ‘Father of Local Government in British Guiana’.
A Ministry of the Presidency release said that Corry was remembered at a commemoration service and wreath laying ceremony, which was held at the James McFarlane Corry Monument located at Old Road, Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara.
“James McFarlane Corry’s service has been little recognised and little valued over the years and if we went back over his life and his legacy, we will learn a lot about local government and communities,” President Granger told the event.
Granger, a historian, pledged to ensure that the monument erected in Corry’s honour comes under The National Trust of Guyana.
The President said,
