NATIONAL MONUMENTS

The 1763 Monument is located in the square of the

Revolution in the center of Georgetown, between
Homestretch Avenue, Vlissingen Road and Hadfield Street.
Damon’s Monument can be found in Anna Regina, which is
located
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erected in memory of the first blow
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of a warrior slave, symbolizing outrage at injustice, our
introduction of apprenticeship
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the Dutch and
French occupations of Guyana. The name is Chateau Margot
is French but the Dutch built the chimney. Chateau Margot
was once a cotton plantation. This chimney serves as a
lighthouse for ships approaching Port Georgetown.
The Enmore Martyrs’ Monument is located at Enmore village
on the East Coast of Demerara.

It is dedicated to five sugars workers: Rambarran, Harry,

Lalabagee, Lal and Surujballi. These workers were killed on
June 16, 1948 by Colonial police while demonstrating against
abuse and unfair treatment.

The Statue of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow, is located in the

compound of Parliament Building.

The statue was erected in memory of Hubert Nathaniel

Critchlow, the father of Trade Unionism in Guyana and the
Commonwealth Caribbean. Hubert devoted his life to
changing the harsh conditions under which men were force to
work in those days.

Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the

Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Island-West Demerara
region of Guyana.

It was constructed to protect the interests of the Dutch West

India Company from European rivals such as the English and
French who frequented the eastern coast of South America in
search of the spoils of war. In addition, it was meant to serve
as a stronghold against internal forces such as rebellious
slaves
The ruins of Fort Kyk-Over-Al are located on a small island
at the confluence of the Mazaruni and Cuyuni Rivers, about 47
miles southwest of Georgetown.
Fort Kyk-Over-Al was a Dutch fort in the colony of
Essequibo, in what is now Guyana. It was constructed in
1616 at the intersection of the Essequibo, Cuyuni and
Mazaruni rivers. It once served as the centre for the Dutch
administration of the county, but now only ruins are left.

Fort Nassau was the capital of the Dutch colony of

Berbice, in present-day Guyana. It was situated on the
Berbice River approximately 88 kilometers upstream from
New Amsterdam.

Fort Nassau was occupied first by the Dutch and the

French, then the British, but of significant importance to
its history, is that it is often referred to as the “cradle of
the revolution” because of the revolt by enslaved
Africans, led by Cuffy in 1763, which originated east of
Plantation Magdelenenburg.