Edmond Campbell, Senior Staff Reporter

Performers in the 'Shades of Freedom' segment of yesterday's Independence Day Grand Gala at the National Stadium display elements of Jamaica's cultural history. - Peta-Gaye Clachar/Staff Photographer

JAMAICANS FROM all walks of life filled the National Stadium to capacity yesterday, gathering to observe the country's 46th year of Independence with the return, after nearly two decades, of the Grand Gala celebration.

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