Coincidence?

A few days ago Wade's Introduction to the Island class (that's not really the name...but that's what it is) went on a field trip. They took a tour of the island, learning about all kinds of useful safety information, and local history. Hence the story about the Japanese zombies from the previous post.

One of the stories that he passed along to me was an interesting bit of history. If you don't know, Guam was originally conquered by the Spanish in 1565. They colonized the island, killing most of the original Chamorro people. In 1898, during the Spanish American War the American Navy sailed over to Guam, and landed safely on the shores to an open-armed Spanish Army. See, the Spanish had not caught word of the war that had been going on for many months, and were welcoming their would-be allies. The Americans smartly lead them to believe that nothing had changed, and landed...planted a flag, and said, "Get out." So, Guam was taken over the Americans with nearly no bloodshed. This fateful day happened to be July 21st, which if you remember from a post from a few weeks ago...is Liberation Day. A holiday celebrated by the locals in honor of the day that the Americans regained control from the Japanese in WWII. Coincidence??? You decide.