Guam: A Strategic War Island, a Twin Shipwreck, and a Pesky Snake with Adrienne Rolon

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Sharon tells the story of Guam’s history as a U.S. Territory to Adrienne Rolon, the owner of Hearts Content Events & Design. Adrienne’s six year old son, James, is a big fan of history, facts, and Sharon. Learn along with Adrienne and James as Sharon relays the significant history of Guam’s involvement in both the Spanish-American War and World War II. Sharon also shares plenty of brain-tingling facts about Guam’s long and varied history and the indigenous Chamorro people (who really love SPAM).

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. Today I have my friend Adrian Roland on and we are going to talk about the U.S. territory of Guam.
0:12.0	And there is definitely going to be some stuff in this
0:14.8	episode that you are like that. Number one, that's fascinating. Number two, I
0:19.1	do not like that fact. So brace yourselves for a couple facts that you're not going to approve of,
0:26.0	but you will definitely learn something new.
0:28.0	So, let's dive in.
0:30.0	I'm Sharon McMahon.
0:31.0	And welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:36.1	Oh, oh my goodness, I could not be more excited to share this conversation with my friend Adrian.
0:41.6	Thank you so much for being here. Thank you so much for having me. I am so very
0:46.4	pumped. My son James is a huge fan of doors, so I'm super super excited to be here. He thinks I'm the coolest mom ever.
0:54.0	Oh, how old is James? He is six right now, but probably by the time this year is he'll be seven years old.
1:00.4	So yeah. I love that. I love that that he's just like such a gifted tiny human and I love that he is a
1:07.4	fan of the podcast and that he likes Wales and that he loves to share facts he reminds me very much of me when I was a little girl.
1:16.0	If he can grow up to be you I would be honestly the most proud mom ever.
1:22.0	Oh he is going to be an amazing the most proud mom ever.
1:28.0	He is going to be an amazing virgin of himself and do things that I could never do. So, oh, thank you for that. Thank you so much.
1:32.0	Tell people what you do, Adrian and where you for that. Thank you so much.
1:35.0	Tell people what you do, Adrian, and where you're from. Yes, so I am located in coastal Virginia,
1:39.0	and I am a wedding planner and designer and floral artist.
1:44.8	I am the owner of Hearts Content, Events, and Design.
1:47.8	We are a team of wedding planners and floral artists
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