Comments on: Jamaicans celebrate 4th National Baha’i Day http://warble.com/blog/2006/08/11/jamaicans-celebrate-4th-national-bahai-day/ personal blog space of James Herbert Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:24:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James http://warble.com/blog/2006/08/11/jamaicans-celebrate-4th-national-bahai-day/comment-page-1/#comment-119 James Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:53:00 +0000 http://warble.com/b/?p=59#comment-119 This story may not hold particular relevance outside Jamaica, especially as it is already over two weeks old, but it reminds me of my excitement when the mayor of New York announced on November 26th 1992 that from that day forward the date would be known, in New York, as Baha'i World Congress Day... and my subsequent disappointment to realise that only 26th November <b>1992</b> - not 26th November every year - was going to be known by that name. <br/><br/>It must have been exciting for the Baha'is in Jamiaca to realise that their Baha'i Day was going to be recognised nationally every year. This story may not hold particular relevance outside Jamaica, especially as it is already over two weeks old, but it reminds me of my excitement when the mayor of New York announced on November 26th 1992 that from that day forward the date would be known, in New York, as Baha’i World Congress Day… and my subsequent disappointment to realise that only 26th November 1992 – not 26th November every year – was going to be known by that name.

It must have been exciting for the Baha’is in Jamiaca to realise that their Baha’i Day was going to be recognised nationally every year.

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