Historical Video: 1930s Trip To Bermuda

Step back in time with the video below from 80 years ago, with 16mm film footage posted online documenting a family trip to Bermuda in the 1930s aboard the SS Monarch of Bermuda. The seven minute video includes footage of the Bermudiana Hotel, Aquarium, Front Street, Elbow Beach and more.

Photos: Service Honouring James ‘Jemmy’ Darrell

The Annual Commemorative Service for King’s Pilot James ‘Jemmy’ Darrell was held yesterday [Apr.14] in St. George’s, with the service celebrating the life of the freed slave who become the first black man to own a home in Bermuda. The Vestry And The Friends Of St. Peter’s Church, the Pilot Warden and the Branch Pilots [...]

Upcoming: James Darrell Commemorative Service

The Annual Commemorative Service For King’s Pilot James ‘Jemmy’ Darrell will be held tomorrow, Saturday April 14 at 5.00pm in St. George’s. The Vestry And The Friends Of St. Peter’s Church, The Pilot Warden And The Branch Pilots Of Bermuda have extended an invitation to the Annual Commemorative Service for King’s Pilot James ‘Jemmy’ Darrell [...]

Presentation Ceremony Held At Archives

Yesterday [Apr.11] Minister Michael Scott held a presentation at the Archives, saying an archive is not just a collection of historical records, it is a place that provides researchers with the materials to “build the collective memories of our society.” “The first exhibit relates to Mr. Tommy Aitchison, a well-know and highly regarded journalist, cricketer, [...]

Historical Video: Queen’s Visit In 1953

Queen Elizabeth II visited Bermuda as part of her Coronation Tour in November 1953, the first stop on a major tour of the Commonwealth that began that year following her coronation five months earlier. The Queen and the Duke left London by plane in November and visited Bermuda, thence on to Jamaica where they boarded [...]

Upcoming: Royal Postal Exhibit In Bermuda

To commemorate both the Bermuda Post Office’s [BPO] upcoming 200th anniversary and Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art’s 25 anniversary, a Royal Stamp Exhibit is being held from April 23– 30. The special exhibition will take place in Masterwork’s Rick Faries Gallery and will include rare 19th century Bermuda Perot stamps [one is pictured here] from both local [...]

Requiem Honoured Bermuda Sub Disaster Victim

One of the most poignant classical music pieces of the 20th century was dedicated to — and partially inspired by — a British naval officer lost at sea off Bermuda aboard the Free French submarine  “Surcouf” in 1942. Sub-Lieutenant Roger Burney [1919-1942] was the British Naval Liason Officer [BNLO] aboard the ill-fated submarine and 20 years [...]

1777: The US Navy & The Battle Of Wreck Hill

On August 14, 1775, a group of Bermudians led by Colonel Henry Tucker  collaborated with Benjamin Franklin and other patriots in the rebellious American colonies, coordinating the audacious theft of gunpowder from the British Magazine in St. George’s which was then shipped to George Washington’s Continental Army. In the immediate aftermath of Bermuda’s Gunpowder Plot, the British dispatched [...]

Bermuda Easter Lilies For The Queen

In the 19th and early 20th centuries Bermuda was known as “The Easter Isle” because of its hugely successful lily farming industry — and the island still commemorates its one-time major cash crop by sending bouquets to Buckingham Palace every year. Governor Sir Richard Gozney, Lady Gozney and farmer Tom Wadson are seen here at Wadson’s Farm [...]

Travel Writer: Step Back In Time In St. George’s

St. George not only offers visitors the visual delights of signature Bermuda pastel homes but also an opportunity to step back in time to absorb the island’s long and alluring history, a top travel blogger says today [Apr. 2]. Susan Fogwell – whose travel articles have been published in “The Los Angeles Times”, “Orlando Sentinel” and USAToday.com [...]

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