[Video] Thousands gather for flag raising at D’Urban Park

Wonderment: Part of the enthusiastic crowd at the flag raising yesterday at D’Urban Park (Keno George photo)

Thousands of Guyanese yesterday gathered around the D’Urban Park to witness the flag raising ceremony for the 46th Republic Anniversary.

Although the ceremony was set to start at 5pm, scores of people, decked out in all colours of the spectrum, filled the stands and kept on flowing into park from as early as 3.30pm.

Armed with mini flags which they waved in the air, many in the crowd waited patiently as the steelpan band serenaded them. Those who couldn’t fit in the park, crowded Homestretch Avenue, Hadfield Street, and the Square of the