SHAR­LENE RAM­PER­SAD

As Trinidad and To­ba­go marked its In­de­pen­dence Day Di­a­mond Ju­bilee yes­ter­day, this coun­try’s na­tion­al flag and colours were fea­tured in mul­ti­ple in­ter­na­tion­al dis­plays, in­clud­ing the Google Doo­dle.

There were al­so dis­plays at the House of Com­mons and West­min­ster Abbey in Lon­don.

And T&T’s In­de­pen­dence Day was al­so recog­nised with a light show at Ni­a­gara Falls in Cana­da last night.

For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter Dr Amery Browne post­ed sev­er­al up­dates to his so­cial me­dia ac­count yes­ter­day about the in­ter­na­tion­al recog­ni­tion.

“I di­rect­ed all our over­seas Mis­sions to take steps to en­sure that our na­tion­al colours are dis­played at im­por­tant build­ings and lo­ca­tions across the world for our 60th In­de­pen­dence An­niver­sary. This is our Na­tion­al Flag be­ing flown to­day atop West­min­ster Abbey in Lon­don. Well done Team!” Browne said in one post.

He al­so at­tached a short video and a pho­to of the T&T flag be­ing flown at West­min­ster, which is one the UK’s most no­table re­li­gious build­ings and a World Her­itage site.

Browne ac­knowl­edged the Google Doo­dle as well.

“Google again recog­nis­es Trinidad and To­ba­go, this time for our In­de­pen­dence Day by con­vey­ing our Na­tion­al Flag and a link to in­for­ma­tion...to de­vice screens all across the globe,” he said.

On Ju­ly 26, the Google Doo­dle fea­tured T&T’s na­tion­al in­stru­ment, the steel­pan.

The Google Doo­dle is coun­try-spe­cif­ic, which means it will be dif­fer­ent in all coun­tries.

Yes­ter­day’s Doo­dle en­abled users to ac­cess sev­er­al links to in­for­ma­tion about T&T, with an­i­mat­ed fire­works and na­tion­al flags.

On the Google Doo­dle site, de­tails of T&T’s In­de­pen­dence Day cel­e­bra­tions were post­ed.

Browne al­so cel­e­brat­ed T&T’s flag be­ing flown at the House of Com­mons, the UK Par­lia­ment.

“And to­day, our Na­tion­al Flag is be­ing flown at the British House of Com­mons, for the very first time for the In­de­pen­dence Day cel­e­bra­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go. A spe­cial trib­ute to our twin is­land na­tion on our Di­a­mond Ju­bilee. Thank you to our Lon­don team for re­spond­ing to the call and en­sur­ing these arrange­ments,” he said.

Those who tuned in were al­so treat­ed to a spec­tac­u­lar 15-minute light show at Ni­a­gara Falls.

The Falls, in Cana­da, are of­ten lit in spe­cial colours for sig­nif­i­cant dates.

Last night’s light show took place from 10 pm to 10.15 pm.