{"id":21409,"date":"2024-07-20T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21409"},"modified":"2024-07-20T01:24:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:24:26","slug":"60th-anniversary-of-michael-fordes-sacrifice-commemorated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/60th-anniversary-of-michael-fordes-sacrifice-commemorated\/","title":{"rendered":"60th Anniversary of Michael Forde\u2019s Sacrifice Commemorated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>On July 17, 2024, the People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP) commemorated the 60th anniversary of Michael Forde\u2019s death with a wreath-laying ceremony and tributes at Le Repentir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Forde, a 22-year-old Progressive Youth Organization activist, was a key figure in the historic Freedom Marches of February 1964.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forde lost his life on July 17, 1964, when he attempted to discard an explosive package left at Freedom House by someone pretending to purchase a book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His heroic actions saved the lives of those present in the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the ceremony, Seepaul Narine, President of GAWU, highlighted Forde&#8217;s ultimate sacrifice as a significant contribution to the growth of the PPP and Guyana\u2019s ongoing transformation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that Forde\u2019s legacy will continue to be honored annually as one of the party\u2019s stalwarts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, also paid tribute, remembering Forde\u2019s bravery and the lives he saved through his sacrifice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, 2024, the People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP) commemorated the 60th anniversary of Michael Forde\u2019s death with a wreath-laying ceremony and tributes at Le Repentir. Michael Forde, a 22-year-old&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21411,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21409\/revisions\/21411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}