The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies
NHD: Archbishop Felixberto Camacho Flores
This month our class has been so busy about the National History Day Competition. The theme is The Individual History: Actions and Legacies and doing it in website form. Me and my group chose Archbishop FelixbertoCamacho Flores who played a big role in the history of Guam. He was the first bishop and archbishop Chamorro descent of Guam and the Marianas Islands. He also tried and resolved the two very important issues that are still going on today. That is abortion and gambling. Abortion is now made legal in the U.S. which is now allowed here in Guam where the woman with the unborn ueturus in thier stomach makes a decision if they want an abortion or not. Gambling is a bigger issue which is I think is known as Proprosition A. According to Mr. Jon Calvo (that we have interviewed) from what he learned, Archbishop Flores believes that gambling will harm and destroy the way of life in the island.
He also brought the Cathedral in Agana to a whole new level by beatifying Father Luis de San Vistores who brought catholicism to Guam. He also invited His Holiness Pope Paul John II (after being the newly elected Pope) to visit Guam when Archbishop Flores visited Rome. He did other things as well as in became not only a part in the church of God, but also in the in his community. For example hewbecame a superintendent of the catholic schools here on Guam. But sadly as he went to San Francisco, California to get surgery, it was successful and yet he died shortly. It was sad news when it reached Guam according to the different varieties of newpapers of 1975 from the Nieves M. Flores Library Collection. Now he has grave buried underneath the altar in the Cathedral-Basilica in Agana.
The past few weeks were, like I said were very busy. Our class of groups did a lot of research and had a couple of fieldtrips to the MARC library and the Agana library. Finally when the last day or the judging came on the 23rd my group won third place which we will go to the finals and we will present this in the Agana Shopping Center. This week the 3 groups out of 6 will add the finishing touches also add little improvements. Then we will be done with the website and I hope we will be finish with in time. I also learned a lot about our individual in Guam history.
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