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Looking for something to do this weekend in the Freeport area? Here are 18 upcoming events.
Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest part of The Bahamas.In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrubland by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area.
The weekend brings the BIPOC Exhibition opening reception, a Black Crowes concert and an accessible birding event, along with fundraisers, Halloween activities, live music, and more to the ...
The Xanadu Beach Resort & Marina, also known as the Xanadu Princess Resort & Marina, was a resort and marina on the island of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.Built in 1968, the resort was purchased by Howard Hughes in 1972 and was for several years the most celebrated resort in the Caribbean and served as a hideaway for the Hollywood jet set of the era.
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Commemorates the day the Bahamian government gained majority rule for the first time, on this day in 1967. It is usually listed with the emancipation of slavery in 1836 and independence from the United Kingdom in 1973 as the most important events in the history of the Bahamas. [4] Became an official public holiday in 2014.
The Mary Star of the Sea Church [1] is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church [2] and is located in East Sunrise Highway [3] in the city of Freeport the second largest in the Bahamas. Follow the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau ( Archidioecesis Nassaviensis ) [ 4 ] based in the capital, Nassau ...
Tug and barge in Freeport Harbour, with container terminal and shipyards in background. The Grand Bahama Port Authority [1] ( GBPA or "Port Authority") is a privately held corporation that also acts as the municipal authority for Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas. The GBPA was created by the Hawksbill Creek Agreement.