And just as Haylock couldn't keep a straight face when he spoke about the defeat of the Spanish - since there was really no battle - so it is with the conflicted history and confused feelings about the tenth.
Tomorrow marks the 227th anniversary of the Battle of St George's Caye. But while everyone knows it's a public and bank holiday, do they know why? And more importantly, what do they actually know about what happened 2 centuries ago? Our Clifford Mejia took to the streets to find out.