All eyes will be on the East End tomorrow with the historic 400th anniversary of Parliament celebrated in the Town of St George, where it was first held.
St George’ mayor George Dowling called it “a major coup” for the Olde Towne.
He added: “We’re very excited for it – we can’t remember ever having an event like that here, and we’re looking forward to giving free rein to the Royal Bermuda Regiment, who are also celebrating their 55th anniversary. We’ll have the usual pomp and pageantry.”
The island’s parliamentarians will be sworn in for the new legislative session at a ceremony in St Peter’s Church.
It is the site where the Governor in 1620, Nathaniel Butler, summoned a General Assembly, as it was then known.
David Burt, the Premier, has said that the Throne Speech, to be read in King’s Square, will be shorter than usual as the Government lays out “what we can deliver in the legislative year” after the Progressive Labour Party’s landslide victory in the General Election of October 1.
