Guam Flag: Meaning and History

Embroidered flag patch — Guam

History of the flag

Guam is an unincorporated territory of the United States off the Philippines, whose flag was adopted in 1948.

The shape of the emblem is a reminder of the slingshots used by the island's ancestors.

What do the elements of the flag mean?

  • The sea canoe (flying prao), illustrates the courage of the first peoples to cross the Pacific Ocean. The band of earth represents the Puntan Dos Amantes cliff.

  • For the blood shed by Guamanians during the Japanese occupation of the Second World War.

  • Represents the Pacific Ocean and tropical sky.