Congratulatory Remarks By H.E. Governor Eugene B. Holiday Delivered on the occasion of the Celebration of The 90th Anniversary of the PMIA.

August 9, 2022

Ladies and gentlemen,

Good evening

And a special good evening to the President, Board, and Members of the Philipsburg Mutual Improvement Association.

As a people, we are the sum of our history.

Tonight, we celebrate part of the sum of the history of our Sint Maarten people, that is 90 years of the Philipsburg Mutual Improvement Association, PMIA.

I am pleased to address you this evening for the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the PMIA. There is an African proverb that reads, and I quote:

“We desire to bequeath two things to our children;
the first is roots and ...

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