News88 Blog Of The Day 04/26/2005: About The US Territory Of The GUAM

Extra Note Before I Forget: Before i get into the next blog rant article, Today is the first birthday of one of my members since mid-March who are one of the other 29 members and myself (30) that run this News88 blog site/chat site formula. That is my Group 2 Member Stacy J Petrillo, who is actually married since June 2003 to Dabnis E Coleman and is since then now known as Mrs. Coleman, but for the purposes of my Internet Department Office Enterprises Entity Empire News88 Blog Site Chat Site team, using the 1999 versions of everyones names and/or everyones birth or maiden given last names. Stacy turns 26 today as she is born in 1979. Happy 26th Birthday, Stacy J Petrillo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
26 Exclamation points just for YOU on YOUR big birthday day.

Now, let's resume our blog rant articles.

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Please refer back to the blog of the day for 03/05/2005. Saturday, March 05, 2005 for your information, for more information.

Yesterdays state: Puerto Rico.
Todays blog: About the US Territory of the GUAM.
Tomorrows blog: About the US Territory of the AMERICAN SAMOA.

Guam is the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas Archipelago. The island is divided into a northern corraline limestone plateau and a southern chain of volcanic hills. Today Guam is an unincorporated, organized territory of the United States. The people of Guam have been U.S. citizens since 1950. They have been represented in the U.S. Congress since 1973 by a nonvoting delegate, but do not participate in presidential elections. The executive branch includes a popularly elected governor, who serves a four-year term. The legislative branch is a 21-member unicameral legislature whose members are elected every two years.
Guam was probably explored by the Portugese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (sailing for Spain) in 1521. The island was formally claimed by Spain in 1565, and its people were forced into submission and conversion to Roman Catholicism beginning in 1668. After the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain ceded Guam to the United States. From 1899 to 1949, the U.S. Navy administered Guam, except during the Japanese occupation from 1941-1944. Guam was liberated by American military forces in the summer of 1944. Guam's economy is based on tourism and U.S. military spending (U.S. naval and air force bases occupy one-third of the land on Guam.) Source: Time Almanac 2005.

Other than that, Free open thread.

P.S. More on the Politics1 and the Chat-Web 2 spinoff sites we are createing as spinoffs not only of them but of News88 too, on or by Sunday, May 01 2005, or 05/01/2005.
P.S.S. For more information on Guam, Please feel free to go to at my request or submission to http://www.politics1.com/gu.htm or to http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/?lvl=L and to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam . Thanks!

FOOTNOTE: APRIL 26 1979 IS THE BIRTHDAY OF MY MEMBER STACY J PETRILLO (NOW COLEMAN) KNOWN AS STACYTHEGODDESS1979 FOR STACY1979. REFER TO A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER AT HER EMAIL ADDRESS ACCOUNT OF STACYPETRILLO79@HOTMAIL.COM . HAPPY 26TH BIRTHDAY STACY!