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Jamaican pride shines at Independence Day event at Queens Borough Hall

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Aug. 5, 2024 By Athena Dawson All was good and pleasant—or “irie” as the Jamaicans say—at Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens on Thursday, Aug. 1. Dozens of residents dressed in green, black and gold—the colors of the Jamaican flag—gathered in the Helen Marshall Cultural Center to celebrate Jamaica’s Emancipation Day and Jamaican Independence…