The quotes above were directed at the people of Anguilla and they could be easily dismissed and forgotten if they had not come from the mouth of the territory's leader during the 1960's, St. Kitts' own Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Anguilla revolution, when Anguillians decided to separate from the Tri-island colonial grouping of St.Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla. It was also during this period that Anguillians (~ a dozen men)  successfully sailed into St. Kitts unannounced with guns, and according to most accounts, aborted their own mission before causing harm to anyone.

St. Kitts is marking the 40th anniversary of this event, which from their perspective was a failed coup attempt, by honoring Mr. Bradshaw with the construction of the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw Memorial Park.

The Park, in honor of this leader who demonstrated complete disdain for Anguillians under his rule,  will be located on 3.5 acres of cane land in St. Paul’s, St. Kitts. It will include a sculpture of his "small and slender" stature though it's not clear if it will include his "Groucho Marx moustache" or his "powdered wigs". The cost is estimated at EC $425, 000.

Recently, Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis, Dr. Denzil L. Douglas was vocal in seeking an apology and reparations for Caribbean peoples from countries that engaged in the Atlantic Slave Trade. "However, it is important that leaders of such nations offer to the descendants of African slaves, who were brought to the Caribbean and the Americas, a complete and unequivocal apology," demanded Prime Minister Douglas at the United Nations in March.

A man of such conviction should also consider that before Bradshaw is honored in St. Kitts, that government may wish to publicly acknowledge the hardship he brought to Anguilla and unequivocally apologise for his words and deeds directed at the island, not that Anguilla needs or wants it, but it would add credence to the Prime Minister's firm stance on other issues.