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President Daniel Gibbs, assisted by President of the Junior Territorial Council Stevenson Miller prepares to lay a wreath in the garden of Htel de la Collectivit on Bastille Day. (Robert Luckock photo)
MARIGOT--The national Bastille Day holiday celebrated Wednesday was once again a low-key affair due to coronavirus restrictions. Missing were the usual parades and marching bands that stoke national pride, instead ceremonies were restricted to the early ecumenical service in the Catholic Church, the wreath laying ceremony and a number of official speeches.
