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#JAMAICA60: Diving into Jamaican history with Kanute Kelly

Jul 6th, 2022 | Category: GLEANER PREMIUM | 7:20
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#JamaicaGleaner #Jamaica60 #IndependenceDay JULY 6, 2022: Retired national swimmer Kanute Kelly still sports the green Jamaica athletic blazer he wore to the National Stadium on August 6, 1962. He vividly remembers the historic moment when the Union Jack was lowered, signalling the loosening of Britain's colonial. The eighty-five-year-old Kelly, also a diver of artefacts for the Port Royal Museum, explains his love for the sea.

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