Year Adopted: 1948 current version (origins from 1917)

The Guam flag is dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, a proa or outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters. The proa is sailing in Agana Bay with the promontory of Punta Dos Amantes, near the capital, in the background. Blue represents the sea and red the bloodshed in the struggle against oppression.

Guam is an unorganized incorporated Territory of the United States located between the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines. It was acquired from Spain by Treaty in 1898. Guam was captured by Japan in 1941 and retaken by the US three years later. The military installation on the island is one of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific. The Territory is under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. (ref: CIA World Factbook, Jan. 2014)