Doris Francis from Antigua talks about attending her first celebration of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh. This story is from an interview taken of her in 1995 by Pat Paccassi.
My first experience of the Ascension of Baha’u’llah, was when we met at the Simmons (Al and Paula) house. They lived out in the Village. And I won’t forget when she said, “ We’ll meet at three o’clock at the morning.” Three o’clock in the morning! So I said to the friends, Gloria-Jean Edwards, Irene Benjamin, I said to them “I will call you and we’ll go out to the Simmons to celebrate the Ascension of Baha’u’llah” That was the first time, as a Baha’i, I had the privilege to do so. It was 1978 (1976?), the first time after becoming a Baha’i, that I was aware that this is how we celebrate that.
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We haven’t had celebrations in this area like that for some years, I miss that now….