The Beat Retreat to Celebrate the 42nd Anniversary of Independence was held on Sunday, July 5. Photos show the Governor General, the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Security and other Government Officials and their spouses enjoying the display by the armed forces in Rawson and Parliament Squares. (BIS Photos/Letisha Henderson)

Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas; the Rt. Hon. Perry G Christie, Prime Minister; Philip Davis, Deputy Prime Minster, and Minister of Works and Urban Development; and the Hon. Dr. Bernard Nottage, Minister of National Security along with other heads of Government Officials and their spouses watch the 42nd Independence Celebrations Beat Retreat.

Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, greet Ellison Greenslade, Commissioner of Police during the 42nd Independence Celebrations Beat Retreat of combined armed forces in Rawson and Parliament Squares on Sunday, July 5, 2015.

Royal Bahamas Police Force, Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Department of Correctional Services band perform in Rawson and Parliament Squares during the 42nd Independence Celebrations Beat Retreat on Sunday, July 5, 2015.