Guam History

A law passed this year designates Dec. 10 as Insular Force Guard and Guam Combat Patrol Memorial Day.

The University of Guam is hosting Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Manny Crisostomo next week as he presents, “The Long View: Decades of Visual Storytelling,” on Wednesday, December 17th at UOG. The talk begins at 5:30 pm in the CLASS Lecture Hall.

Items recovered from a Spanish treasure galleon that wrecked near Cocos Island in 1690 have been turned over to the Guam Cultural Repository and will be on exhibit at the Guam Museum.

Nearly 90 years after CHamoru political pioneers Francisco Baza Leon Guerrero and B.J. Bordallo met President Franklin D. Roosevelt during their historic trip to Washington, D.C., one of their gifts to the president has returned home.

A presentation at the Guam Museum from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 6 will feature artifacts recently returned to Guam from the Bishop Museum's Hornbostel collection.

The volunteer guardsmen took up defensive positions in Hagatna when Japanese forces invaded the island in December 1941.

A ceremony in Honolulu marked the beginning of the return of 10,000 artifacts and latte taken from the Marianas 100 years ago.

The 10,000 pieces were collected by amateur archaeologist Hans Hornbostel in the 1920s

George C. Eustaquio, 94, says the Organic Act of Guam deserves to be celebrated

Thousands gathered in Hagåtña to mark Guam's 81st Liberation Day, honoring WWII survivors and reflecting on freedom and CHamoru resilience.