![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/britain-should-celebrate-windrush-75-like-the-platinum-jubilee-says-historian/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1_GettyImages-1277975218.jpg&description=Patrick Vernon OBE has spent years campaigning to help ensure the contribution of migrant communities is recognised and celebrated. He is one of many voices calling to see Windrush 75 marked as a 'major national moment'Empire Windrush brought one of the first large groups of post-war West Indian immigrants to the United Kingdom When HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks nearly 75 years ago, Britain was changed forever. The hundreds of Caribbean passengers on board helped to rebuild post-war Britain, as did those who bravely followed them, from across the Commonwealth. Together, the pioneers "ushered in a new age of migration", as Professor Patrick Vernon OBE terms it, one without which we could not have Britain "as we know it today." Now, he is calling for the country to mark the anniversary, next June, with the same regard shown to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. "The 75th anniversary is a key milestone in British history," said the social commentator, campaigner, and cultural historian. "We need to handle it on the same level, almost like the equivalent, of when we had the Platinum Jubilee." Professor Patrick Vernon is a social commentator, campaigner, and cultural historian "Without the migration history of the Windrush generation and others you would not have the great in Great Britain," added Professor Vernon. The Windrush generation provide vital support to numerous institutions, including the NHS - which will also celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2023 - and their children and grandchildren continue to be the lifeblood of our country. For Professor Vernon, the upcoming anniversary celebrates the "link between the Windrush generation and the NHS", the "jewel in our crown that is based on the labours of migrant communities," as the historian calls it. Windrush Day, as it was designated in 2018, has come to be a key symbolic moment in the history of Black British contribution, and activists have spent years campaigning to see the Windrush pioneers get the r){kind=link}
Patrick Vernon OBE has spent years campaigning to help ensure the contribution of migrant communities is recognised and celebrated. He is one of many voices calling to see Windrush 75 marked as a ‘major national moment’
When HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks nearly 75 years ago, Britain was changed forever. The hundreds of Caribbean passengers on board helped to rebuild post-war Britain, as did those who bravely followed them, from across the Commonwealth. Together, the pioneers “ushered in a new age of migration”, as Professor Patrick Vernon OBE terms it, one without which we could not have Britain “as we know it today.”
Now, he is calling for the country to mark the anniversary, next June, with the same regard shown to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
“The 75th anniversary is a key milestone in British history,” said the social commentator, campaigner, and cultural historian. “We need to handle it on the same level, almost like the equivalent, of when we had the Platinum Jubilee.”
“Without the migration history of the Windrush generation and others you would not have the great in Great Britain,” added Professor Vernon.