St. Martin News Network - Emilio Wilson 100th Birthday Commemorated ---Foundation Representatives Plant Yellow Sage at the Bust.

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Philipsburg:--- Representatives from the environmental and heritage foundation paid tribute to the late Emilio Wilson on Sunday afternoon where a small ceremony was held for Wilson's 100th birthday. Those represented on Sunday were the Monument Foundation, Heritage Foundation, Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation, SIMARC, Emilio Wilson Estate Foundation, and Emilio Wilson Cultural and Historical Park. Also at the gathering was the President of Parliament Gracita Arrindell.
Jadira Veen of the St. Maarten Pride Foundation said it is the desire of St. Maarten Pride Foundation to have the Emilio Wilson Park is made into a national park. She said Mr. Wilson was a humble St. Maartener who kept his property green and the only one who agreed to donate the property for a park. Veen called on the President of Parliament to do whatever is necessary to make sure the Emilio Wilson Park is preserved.
While the representative for the Heritage Foundation called on Arrindell to make sure a street or road is named in honor of Emilio Wilson.

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