ST.GEORGES, Grenada, Oct 20, CMC- Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell has announced plans to build a shrine at Fort George to honour deceased Revolutionary leader, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others who lost their lives on October 19th 1983 as a result of internal conflicts between different factions of the Revolutionary Government.
Named Fort Rupert during the period of the revolution to honour Bishop‘s father, the Fort was renamed Fort George following the collapse of the revolution and the island’s return to democracy. Currently, the Fort is undergoing restoration work as part of a tourism project.
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