In the buccaneering days of the 17th century, Jamaica was the lustiest port of ... a tear glistening in her eye as the Union Jack was hauled down for the last time. By sending the Queen’s ...

At midnight on Aug. 5, 1962, Jamaicans hauled down the Union Jack for the last time, and raised the new colors — black, gold and green — of independent Jamaica. In the capital, Kingston ...