Cover of Centennial Commemoration Program - August 21, 1998.

American Citizenship - A Centennial Commemoration

A booklet of the centennial commemoration ceremony depicting the struggle of Guam's leaders to attain "home rule and American citizenship," culminating in President Truman's signing of the Organic Act of Guam, on August 1, 1950. (Courtesy of the Governor's Centennial Task Force)

Originally submitted by: Robert Underwood, Delegate (At Large).

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