By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Democratic Party
leader, Haitian American, New
York State Assemblywoman
Rodneyse Bichotte very early
New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2021 —
celebrated in the Haitian community
as Haitian Independence
Day — wed her compatriot
Edu Hermelyn, a district
leader in Brooklyn, in an intimate
ceremony at the Hillary
Hotel, downtown Brooklyn.
Bichotte, the daughter of
Haitian immigrants, who represents
the 42nd Assembly District
in Brooklyn, told Caribbean
Life, in an exclusive interview,
that the ceremony was
witnessed by their parents and
presided over by an undisclosed
“close friend.”
The 42nd Assembly District
comprises Flatbush, East Flatbush,
Midwood and Ditmas
Park in Brooklyn.
“We wanted to bring in our
union on this day, as it signifies
the strength of the slave abolitionist
winning against the
French, making Haiti the first
Black independent country
(in the Western Hemisphere),”
said Bichotte, who is also State
Committee Woman/District
Leader for the 42nd District.
“It symbolizes the flag that
shows that, with unity, there is
strength,” she added. “As you
can see, we paid homage to our
ancestors and our elders, our
moms, to respect and honor
the blood sweat and tears for
our freedom.”
The Haitian Declaration
Caribbean L 14 ife, January 15-21, 2021
of Independence from
France was proclaimed on
Jan. 1, 1804 in the port city
of Gonaïves by Jean-Jacques
Dessalines, marking the end of
the 13-year long Haitian Revolution,
according to Wikipedia,
the free online encyclopedia.
It said the Haitian Declaration
of Independence signaled
the culmination of the only
successful slave revolution in
history.
Dessalines, who was brought
to the French West Indian
colony of Saint-Domingue
(Haiti) as a slave, was a leader
of the Haitian Revolution and
the first ruler of an independent
Haiti under the 1805 Constitution,
Wikipedia said.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Bichotte said she and
her husband drank the traditional
Soup Joumou, a soup
that Haitians drink on Haitian
Independence Day.
Bichotte said it is made with
vegetables and meat “as a celebration
of the freed slaves.”
The Brooklyn Democratic
Party boss also said that, after
the ceremony, she and her
husband distributed slices of
the “individually-wrapped and
delivered” cake, baked by the
popular Allan’s Bakery, on Nostrand
Avenue in Brooklyn, to
friends and family, “who could
not attend the ceremony due to
COVID-19.”
“I am a stronger person
because of this bond, because of
our friendship,” she affirmed.
In response, Hermelyn – the
District Leader and State Committee
Member of the 43rd
Assembly District in Brooklyn,
comprising the neighborhoods
of Crown Heights and Prospect
Lefferts Gardens – said
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte and Edu Hermelyn
doing fi rst dance. Eduardo Acevedo Jr. (Eddi Cruz)
tersely “a strong partnership is
a lifetime commitment.”
Bichotte said she and Hermelyn,
whose mother is Haitian
and father Guyanese, first
met, 10 years ago, when she
became a district leader for the
42nd District.
Brooklyn Dem Party leader weds
compatriot on historic Haitian day
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