Governor of Maryland, Wes Moore, standing on the shoulders of Jamaican grandfather
Jul 17th, 2023 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 19:31#JamaicaGleaner #WesMoore #Governor #Maryland #USA #UCC JULY 17, 2023: It’s a picture he holds in high regard, preserving as it does the precious and enduring memory of his grandmother, Winell Thomas, filling out the absentee ballot to vote for him. Sadly, she died five days before the polls but her vote was counted among the many Wes Moore got en route to the historical feat of becoming Maryland’s first black governor. “That picture hangs in my office,” he proudly declared as he spoke with The Gleaner at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Saturday, July 15, ahead of giving the address at Sunday's 2023 Commencement Ceremony for the University of the Commonwealth Caribbean. It is just one facet of his
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