This petition will be presented to the government -appointed selection committee.
We, the undersigned, appeal to the Government of Jamaica and Selection Committee to award Bob Marley the ORDER OF NATIONAL HERO and continue to make Jamaica proud.
This year marks30 years since the death of Bob Marley, yet despite previous appeals by the Marley Family and a host of posthumous awards Jamaica still refuses to accord the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley national hero status, the country's highest honour.
Bob Marley deserves to be among the fraternity of Jamaica's honored national heroes. To many, Marley was a true musical ambassador and a messenger of peace.
Considering the list of Marley's extraordinary list of accolades and accomplishments, including:
1. Order of Merit, Jamaica's third highest honor
2. The Medal of Peace of the Third World by The United Nations
3. "One Love" adopted as a theme song for the Jamaican Tourist Board and voted as Anthem of the Millennium by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
4. "Get Up, Stand Up" used as official anthem by Amnesty International
5. "Zimbabwe" is unofficial song of Zimbabwe
6. Artiste of the Century by Billboard magazine
7. Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
8. Exodus voted Album of the Century by TIME magazine
9. Artist of the Century by Billboard magazine
10. Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
11. Brooklyn Street renamed Bob Marley Boulevard in New York
12. Only musician from Jamaica inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bob Marley should be awarded the Order of National Hero.
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April 1, 2008
Reached 100 supporters
February 26, 2008
February 23, 2008
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many of you have joined this effort to honor Bob Marley. If everyone who has already signed could send this link to just one or two other people I think we might actually reach our first hundred signatures today.
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Oh jah,what are we waiting for can't u see are u Jamaicans blind are what,the whole world outside of my country Jamaica still don't recognize
Bob left the physical world 35 years ago and continues to bring more people to Jamaica than any of the 7 National heros. In any country in this World u say Jamaica the response will be Bob Marley. His lyrics of love and inity will live on forever. We want Bob Marley to be our 8th National Hero.
This would be the best honor for not just the Marley family, but for those that support him as well!
his music reaches out to the human soul, and binds us all together, it makes you feel and want to be a better man
No other person has done more as a defacto ambassador of Jamaica in the modern era, with a very few limited exceptions, as in Usain Bolt.
Please use his songs to speak up for Gaza if u can
LOVE BOB MARLEY
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This petition will be presented to the government -appointed selection committee.
We, the undersigned, appeal to the Government of Jamaica and Selection Committee to award Bob Marley the ORDER OF NATIONAL HERO and continue to make Jamaica proud.
This year marks30 years since the death of Bob Marley, yet despite previous appeals by the Marley Family and a host of posthumous awards Jamaica still refuses to accord the Hon. Robert Nesta Marley national hero status, the country's highest honour.
Bob Marley deserves to be among the fraternity of Jamaica's honored national heroes. To many, Marley was a true musical ambassador and a messenger of peace.
Considering the list of Marley's extraordinary list of accolades and accomplishments, including:
1. Order of Merit, Jamaica's third highest honor
2. The Medal of Peace of the Third World by The United Nations
3. "One Love" adopted as a theme song for the Jamaican Tourist Board and voted as Anthem of the Millennium by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC)
4. "Get Up, Stand Up" used as official anthem by Amnesty International
5. "Zimbabwe" is unofficial song of Zimbabwe
6. Artiste of the Century by Billboard magazine
7. Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
8. Exodus voted Album of the Century by TIME magazine
9. Artist of the Century by Billboard magazine
10. Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
11. Brooklyn Street renamed Bob Marley Boulevard in New York
12. Only musician from Jamaica inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Bob Marley should be awarded the Order of National Hero.
PLEASE NOTE - After you click the button below to "SIGN PETITION", you may see a screen asking for a donation to iPetition. You can close your browser at that point. As long as you have clicked "SIGN PETITION", your signature and other data will still be recorded. Thank you!
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
April 1, 2008
Reached 100 supporters
February 26, 2008
February 23, 2008
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many of you have joined this effort to honor Bob Marley. If everyone who has already signed could send this link to just one or two other people I think we might actually reach our first hundred signatures today.
16 Comments
Bob marley a truth teller,no matter what your skin colour. ( im white) But as the prophet bob marley sang,"when the colour of a man's skin is no more significant than the colour of his eyes". And his song "War" We need bobmore than ever dearest humans. One ❤️.
Oh jah,what are we waiting for can't u see are u Jamaicans blind are what,the whole world outside of my country Jamaica still don't recognize
Bob left the physical world 35 years ago and continues to bring more people to Jamaica than any of the 7 National heros. In any country in this World u say Jamaica the response will be Bob Marley. His lyrics of love and inity will live on forever. We want Bob Marley to be our 8th National Hero.
This would be the best honor for not just the Marley family, but for those that support him as well!
his music reaches out to the human soul, and binds us all together, it makes you feel and want to be a better man
No other person has done more as a defacto ambassador of Jamaica in the modern era, with a very few limited exceptions, as in Usain Bolt.
Please use his songs to speak up for Gaza if u can
LOVE BOB MARLEY
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Bob marley a truth teller,no matter what your skin colour. ( im white) But as the prophet bob marley sang,"when the colour of a man's skin is no more significant than the colour of his eyes". And his song "War" We need bobmore than ever dearest humans. One ❤️.