Guyana needs to get serious about preserving its history

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,
Boat dun gone a falls, and it can’t turn back. I learnt that many years ago. Editor, did I not pen a correspondence very recently stating that Guyana needs to have a museum that houses artifacts of British Guiana because it plays a pivotal role within the tourism sector?
Editor, did I not, in another article, suggest we should consider erecting a Photography Museum on the premises of the National Park, because of the historic events held there?
Editor, have I not said in past articles, via the press, that the subject areas of History and Geography need to be more vibrant within the school’s curriculum, because of their relevance to the tourism sector?
Editor, have I not brought to the public’s attention, via the press, the vintage British- made vehicle once used by the late President LFS Burnham, which is now in a storage bond decaying? And did I not suggest we need to have it restored and perhaps put on display?
Does the above not all coincide with preserving Guyana’s history, past and present, towards tourism development?
Past or present Government of the day, has anyone ever considered my suggestions?
I do welcome to the shelves of Guyana Pro. McGowan’s book titled “A Survey of Guyana’s History”, and I do support President David Granger’s call for History to be given its rightful place in the education system. In my opinion, Guyana has, to a large extent, lost both its sense and preservation of history, and only God knows in which decade we will actually witness such a development. Sometime in 2016 (I think), I was tasked with a little project to sell 10 copies of The Guyana Annual Magazine (1000), and I never managed to sell any. No one I contacted was interested, and that magazine also relates to Guyana’s history. I did have the books returned, and I hope they were sold off.
I wish Professor McGowan total success in having his books sold off at G$4000 each, as reported in the press.
I continue to wish that all stakeholders who have not given up the fight would keep fighting harder, and hopefully, one good sunny day, Guyana will shine like a diamond as an elite tourist destination.
Unfortunately, my resource has dried up, and whenever I can manage to squeeze in additional work from the sidewalk, I will continue to so do.
Yours faithfully,
T Pemberton

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