Guam

3×5' nylon flag of Guam.

The emblem at the center of Guam's flag is shaped like a Chamorro sling stone, a weapon and hunting tool of the island's Indigenous people, carved from stone or coral.

Design

A dark blue field with a narrow red border. At the center, the pointed oval emblem shows a coconut palm on a beach, a proa (an outrigger sailing canoe) on the bay, the cliffs of Two Lovers Point, and the word GUAM in red.

History & Symbolism

The flag was designed by Helen L. Paul, the wife of a US Navy officer stationed on the island, and adopted in 1917. The red border was added in 1948. The palm stands for self-sufficiency and resilience, the proa for the seafaring skill of the Chamorro people, and the sling stone for their history.

Flag Specifications

• Adopted: 1917; red border added 1948
• Colors: dark blue, red, with the full-color emblem
• Emblem: sling-stone seal

Vexillographer's Note

Guam calls itself the place "where America's day begins." Lying west of the International Date Line, it greets each new day ahead of the fifty states.

Humphrys Flag Company · Old City Philadelphia · Est. 1864