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  • 9 months ago
It was celebration in Chaguaramas as a High court judge today ordered the Military Museum be handed back to operators after they were evicted by the Chaguaramas Development Authority.

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00:00It's victory for the Chagaramas Military Museum. President of the Chagaramas
00:05Military Museum, Linda Kelshaw, celebrates as the Chagaramas Development
00:10Authority has been ordered by High Court Justice, Devendra Rampersad, to return
00:14the premises to the museum until Monday's court proceedings.
00:19I'm so happy we can get in here today.
00:25And the first thing I want to thank God for letting us in here today.
00:35And I would like to ask the people of Trinidad and Tobago, this piece of land is a lot of heritage, history.
00:45And I would like this piece of land to stay on, go on and on and on.
00:54I can't wait to walk in.
00:57Four days ago, the Chagaramas Development Authority announced it took possession of the premises,
01:02saying the occupiers were offered numerous opportunities over the years to regularize their tenancy, but refused.
01:09Well, yes, her home was as well. She lived here for the past 30 years.
01:13My late husband, he was watching over us.
01:18See?
01:22Now he's watching over us.
01:24He's back.
01:27He's back.
01:29The museum was created by late Lieutenant Commander Gaylord Kelshaw, Linda's husband,
01:35who collected and preserved artifacts of TNT's military history.
01:39On its Facebook page, the museum says it will inform the public when it will be reopened for visitors.
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