(Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series of stories about Guam’s delegates to the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture or FestPac taking place in Honolulu from
As tensions with China mount, the U.S. military continues to build up Guam and other Pacific territories placing the burdens of imperial power on the nation’s most ignored and underrepresented citizens.
Military personnel gathered this week to celebrate Mes CHamoru with local cultural experts. Michael Lujan Bevacqua, curator of the Guam Museum, gave a presentation of the history of Guam on