A new landmark now marks the spot where Pan-African visionary, the Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey first set foot in St. Kitts, as the federation honoured his legacy with the unveiling of a memorial park and port marker at Pump Bay, St. Kitts.

The tribute, led by Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, was part of a wider ceremony organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO and the Routes of Enslaved Peoples Committee.

The event which took place on August 6^th, 2025, congregated local leaders, citizens, and Garvey’s son, Dr. Julius Garvey at a site long regarded as sacred ground in the fight for Black empowerment.

Since 1937, a total of eighty-eight years has passed since Marcus Garvey arrived in St. Kitts on the SS Lady Nelson and was hosted in Sandy Point by Arnold McIntosh. His visit ignited movements of racial pride and self-determination across the Caribbean.

In a commemorative speech, Prime Minister Drew stated: “Garvey’s call to ‘uplift ourselves by ourselves’ still echoes in the work we do today to build a fairer, freer, more confident nation and region… This site, this living memory, stands as both a tribute and a torch, a tribute to a man who dared to believe in us and a torch that will light the minds of future generations.”