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Father Callistus Lopinot (1876 - 1996) was a German Capuchin missionary in the Marianas at the beginning...
In CHamoru society, events that celebrate life from beginning to end are interwoven into the traditions...
First used in the 16th Century. Inscribed on the Great Seal of Guam are the words “Tano I’ ManChamorro,”...
In the long ago past, there were no fiestas. What was practiced were gatherings of clans to celebrate...
Traditionally, CHamorus didn’t have surnames. Each person was known by a first name and was probably...
The "Better Known As" system. CHamorus have developed a way of identifying people other than their given...
These recipes for traditional Chamorro medicine are written in the Chamorro language. Non-Chamorro readers...
An important part of Guam’s Spanish-era history is the dramatic decline of the CHamoru population, particularly...
CHamoru patriot priest. On 10 January 1942, all foreign Catholic missionaries in Guam were sent by the...
Archbishop Felixberto C. Flores (1921 - 1985) was the first Chamorro/ CHamoru bishop. He was born Felixberto...
Saburu Kurusu, diplomatic pouch in hand, stepped off the Pan American Airways Clipper at Sumay while...
While remembrance of World War II atrocities against the CHamorus occur every year for the massacres...
One of the worst atrocities that took place at the end of the Japanese occupation of Guam during World...
The Fena Caves Massacre occurred on 23 July 1944, shortly after American troops invaded the island on...
On July 15 and 16, 1944, with the American forces approaching Guam near the end of the Japanese occupation...
Guampedia Rubric Chair and Author. Karen Cruz is a registered nurse and received a diploma of nursing...
Guampedia Author. Velma Jean Yamashita is a graduate of Academy of Our Lady of Guam, and holds a BA in...
Guampedia Author. Tammy Jo Anderson-Taft has loved Guam ever since she was a little girl growing up in...
Guampedia Author. Ric R. Castro, an associate professor of art at the University of Guam since the 1990s,...
Guampedia author. Nekola Leon Guerrero Fitzgerald received her BA in communication from the University...
Guampedia Author. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, PhD, is the grandson of Elizabeth De Leon Flores Lujan (Familian...
Guampedia Author. Lawrence A. Reid holds an MA and a PhD in linguistics from the University of Hawai'i...
Guampedia Author. Carlos Madrid Alvarez-Piñer, born in Spain in 1976, holds a PhD cum laude in Contemporary...
Guampedia Author. Bruce L. Campbell earned a BA in history from the University of Guam in 1984 and an...
In ancient Chamorro/CHamoru society, each CHamoru was expected to possess knowledge and ability in a...
Aniti is the ancient CHamoru word which meant spirit. In its contemporary use, it has evolved to mean...
Peoples from the Caroline Islands have had a lengthy pre-contact history with the Mariana Islands. Research...
The Naval Executive Orders of Guam are a series of mandates produced by the Naval government of Guam...
The Inifresi is usually recited during festivities/celebrations after the Guam Hymn (Fanohge Chamorro)...
Herreron CHamoru. Blacksmithing, in the form that it is most known today, has only existed on Guam for...
With a long and storied history of Filipino-CHamoru interaction in Guam, it is surprising to note that...
Pan Am Clippers was the name given to the Pan American fleet of airplanes that were used in the first...
The Age of European Exploration in the Pacific began in 1521 with Ferdinand Magellan’s search for the...
Guam’s commercial port, operated by the Port Authority of Guam, is located at Cabras Island in the village...
Apra Harbor is a deep water port located on the west coast of Guam. It is home to both the commercial...
Governor Carlos G. Camacho (1924 – 1979) served as not only Guam’s last appointed governor, but also...
Guam made huge strides in improving telecommunication and transportation throughout the 20th century...
The strategic significance of Guam is due to the enduring importance of its location and its topography...
The first step in telegraphic communications for Guam took place soon after Guam and the Philippines...
When the Americans arrived in Guam in 1899 they brought a supply of United States stamps overprinted...
The Guam News Letter, and its later evolution, the Guam Recorder were the first two regularly printed...
Ricardo Jerome Bordallo (1927-1990) was the first popularly elected governor to serve two terms (1975-1978...
Paul MacDonald Calvo (1934 – 2024) was Guam’s third elected governor and one of the founders of the Republican...
Close contact between Guam and the Philippines after Spanish rule brought not only Filipinos to Guam,...
As of 2006, Filipinos on Guam numbered 46,968 naturalized US citizens and permanent residents, as well...
From the Spanish American War to the Organic Act. The arrival of the USS Charleston at Apra Harbor 20...
Ben Blaz (1928 - 2014) was a distinguished public elected official and military officer. He lived his...
The formation of the Territorial Party of Guam was the beginning of the two-party political system on...
The Republican Party of Guam has played a major role in island politics since its inception in 1966....
The Guam Legislature is the lawmaking body of the government of Guam, and has been in existence since...
The story of the Democratic Party of Guam traces back to the beginnings of representative democracy on...
First elected to the Guam Congress in 1936, Antonio Borja Won Pat (1908 - 1987) was a mainstay in Guam...
“Guamanian,” a term that evolved in the early years after World War II, was informally adopted as a means...
Henry Louis Larsen (1890 – 1962) was a lieutenant general of the US Marine Corps, and was the governor...
On 5 March 1949, the Guam Congress walked out as a protest against the US Naval Government and to underscore...
Carlos Pangelinan Taitano (1917 – 2009) was one of the leaders from Guam who brought about the signing...
Some months before the end of the Pacific War, the US Navy impaneled a war crimes commission for Guam....
The outbreak of the Pacific War began with Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 8 December (7 December in...
The Japanese Navy was responsible for the administration of Guam after the occupation of the island on...
The Japanese military occupation of Guam, from December 1941 through July 1944, resulted in a variety...
William Edwin Safford (1859 - 1926), raised in Ohio, served as a lieutenant in the US Navy during the...
Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico became territories of the United States as part of the terms of...
Robert O’Brien (1908 - 1988), born in New York, came to Guam in the 1930s with the US Navy. He married...
A diplomatic history 1898-1919. The Marianas archipelago was first inhabited some 3,500 years ago by...
George R. Tweed (1902 - 1989) – was an American Navy man who was able to escape capture from the Japanese...
On 20 June 1898, during the Spanish-American War, the USS Charleston sailed past Hagåtña and steamed...
30 years with Alee Shelter. The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, also called Good Shepherd Sisters, are...
Creating understanding and harmony. The Muslim Association of Guam was founded in 1990 to meet the needs...
Husband and wife John Collier and Laura Thompson started the Institute of Ethnic Affairs in 1945 as a...
The Guam Buddhism Society, the non-profit community organization associated with Guam’s Fo Guang Shan...
Contemporary physical evidence of ancestral worship. The concept of ancestor worship, a central guiding...
The School Sisters of Notre Dame, commonly called the Notre Dame Sisters, are a consecrated community...
The first Guam members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon...
The Mercedarian Missionaries of Berriz are a Catholic missionary community of religious sisters who have...
The Lutheran Church of Guam was established in 1969 and is supported by the Lutheran Church in America...
The Dominican Sisters are a consecrated community of religious women of the Catholic Church who teach...
The Carmelite Sisters are an order of contemplative Catholic nuns who follow the reformed observance...
The Bahá’í Faith has been part of the Guam community since 1954, quietly attracting members from the...
In 1917 the United States declared war on Germany, and just by chance, a German cruiser, the SMS Cormoran...
The first religious congregation to staff the Father Duenas Memorial School and Minor Seminary—members...
Not all CHamorus fought valiantly against Spanish occupation. There were some who chose to side with...
The Religious Sisters of Mercy, commonly called the Sisters of Mercy or Mercy Sisters, were the first...
During World War II, two American servicemen by the names of Henry Metzker and Bob Beckett played key...
United States Naval Captain Willis W. Bradley (1884 - 1954), governor of Guam from 1929 to 1931, attempted...
The first Jehovah’s Witnesses in Guam arrived from the Philippines in the 1940s. These first Witnesses...
The Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, more commonly known as the Franciscan Sisters, are a consecrated...
Francisco B. Leon Guerrero (1897 – 1974), also known as “Mr. Organic Act,” was known for his groundbreaking...
The origins of the Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church in Guam date back to the 1950s, when...
The Episcopal Church in Micronesia includes three churches in Guam – St. John the Divine in Upper Tumon,...
The Young Men’s League of Guam (YMLG) was formed in 1917 so that CHamorus and Guam Filipinos would have...
To Bishop Apollinaris W. Baumgartner (1899 - 1970) belongs the honor and distinction of taking a church...
The Guam Women’s Club was the first women’s organization on Guam. It was founded in February of 1952...
The first Protestant missionaries in Guam were two Chamorro brothers, Jose and Luis Custino, who came...
The Guam Nurses Association (GNA) was incorporated in 1951 and has been a constituent member of the American...
Although their tenure was but a brief one, the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart have the distinction...
Guam Legal Services Corporation (GLSC) was established on Guam in 1979 to provide civil legal assistance...
Pioneer promoter of the CHamoru language. Father Roman Maria de Vera (1878 - 1959), a Catholic missionary...
The Guam Humanities Council is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting community...
First American spy in Micronesia. Earl Hancock “Pete” Ellis, was a US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel...
Father Marcian Pellet (1909 - 1996), OFM Cap. was a Capuchin missionary, artist, sculptor, and amateur...
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