Heritage Sites
SMS Cormoran II Memorial
Located in East Hagåtña on the beachside of Marine Corps Drive is a small cemetery maintained by the United States Navy. There are 254 listed
Heritage Sites
US Naval Cemetery
The US Naval Cemetery, along side Marine Corps Drive in East Hagåtña, was first opened by the US Naval government in 1902 and is currently
Contemporary Guam Era
Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association
Founded in 1965 by the late Senator Cecilia Cruz Bamba, the Guam Memorial Hospital Volunteers Association (GMHVA) is a nonprofit organization of dedicated people, who,
Contemporary Guam Era
Guam Liberation Day
Guam’s biggest celebration. After World War II was over community leader Agueda Iglesias Johnston convinced US military leaders on Guam to support a celebration to
CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination
Nasion Chamoru
Tinituhun. On 21 July 1991 at Latte Stone Memorial Park in Hagåtña, a small group of Chamorro men and women gathered to form a new
CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination
We Are Guåhan
In 2006, the United States and Japan signed an agreement known as the Roadmap for Realignment Implementation. This bilateral agreement initially involved the realignment of
CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination
OPI-R: Organization of People for Indigenous Rights
Although Chamorros have a long history of resisting the different colonial administrations that have governed the island, the latter decades of the 20th century are
CHamoru Quest for Self-Determination
PARA-PADA
CHamoru activism in the 1970s. In the 1970s, several CHamoru activist groups organized to resist both local injustices and United States colonialism on Guam in
Chamorro Culture
Fino’ Håya Project
Guam Community College created a series of 16 videos in Fino’ Håya, the indigenous language of the island of Guam, in an effort to revive,
HASSO’: Remembering Guam’s Ancient Heritage Sites
Fena
Fena, sometimes spelled Fenna, (and in some older European accounts as Feña or Fiña) is an area located in the interior valleys of south central