Company Path Garden
{{Short description|Garden in Georgetown, Guyana}}
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| name = Company Path Garden
| image = File:St George's Cathedral.jpg
| image_caption = Company Path Garden in front of the Cathedral
| type = Urban park
| location = Stabroek, Georgetown, Guyana
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| coordinates = {{Coord|6.81260|-58.16256||display=inline,title}}
| created = 1908
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Company Path Garden is a small garden on the west side of the Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown, Guyana, between Church and North Streets. During colonial times, “company path” was the name given to a road used by the propertied class as an access road from the river to their lands. The company path, in this case, extended from the side of the Demerara River along the path on which the Bank of Guyana was built and eastwards beyond the Avenue of the Republic.
In 1907, the entrance to the St. George's Cathedral, combined with the Company Path, was transferred to the Georgetown Town Council by the Government. It was turned into a garden the next year.{{cite news|url=http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/gytourat.htm |title=Tourist Attractions|website=Land of Six Peoples|access-date=25 March 2021}}
Non-aligned Monument
File:The Vice President, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, laying a wreath at NAM Monument at Georgetown, Guyana on November 07, 2006.jpg laying a wreath at the monument (2016)]]
The Non-aligned Monument was placed in the garden during the 1972 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference in Georgetown. The monument contains the busts of Presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt), Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana), Jawaharlal Nehru (India), and Josip Broz Tito (Yugoslavia) who founded the Non-Aligned Movement for states that are not formally aligned with the major powers.{{cite news|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/09/03/features/the-gardens-of-georgetown/ |title=The Gardens of Georgetown |website=Stabroek News|date=3 September 2009|access-date=4 February 2022}}
The monument was revealed by President Arthur Chung. The busts were sculpted in the countries of origin, and have been complemented by four quartz stones from the Orinduik Falls.{{cite news|url=http://guyanainc.biz/publication/issue-30/the-non-aligned-monument-stands-as-a-reminder-of-peaceful-co-existence/ |title=The Non-aligned Monument stands as a reminder of peaceful co-existence |website=Guyana Inc|access-date=4 February 2022}} The Non-aligned Monument is one of the nine national monuments of Guyana.{{cite news|url=https://www.guyanatimesinternational.com/guyanas-national-monuments/ |title=Guyana’s National Monuments |website=Guyana Times International |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=4 February 2022}}
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References
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External links
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- [https://ntg.gov.gy/monument/non-aligned-monument/ Non-aligned monument] at the National Trust of Guyana