Call for Queen’s Park to be renamed after Sir Garfield Sobers

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Sherrylyn ClarkeJournalist at Nation News

July 18, 2026

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Call for Queen’s Park to be renamed after Sir Garfield Sobers

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The Caribbean Movement for Peace and integration has called for Queen’s Park to be renamed in honour of late National Hero Sir Garfield Sobers.

General secretary David Denny, in a tribute to Sir Garfield, who passed away on Friday, said it should be renamed the Sir Garfield Sobers Park and his remains buried there so Barbadians and visitors alike can freely visit and pay tribute.

The statement follows in full:

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