A Look Back in Time
"The Most Memorable Holiday We Ever Had"
KAREN EARNSHAW Former Peace Corps volunteer Dave Moss, who grew up in Richmond California, arrived in the Marshall Islands in July, 1968 to work as a teacher. First he taught at Rita Elementary and then moved on to Marshall Islands High School. He shared a house with Ron Levy, who worked with a number of Read More
Darlene Keju’s speech at WCC
A significant link between the World Council of Churches and the Marshall Islands is the historic speech given by Ebeye’s Darlene Keju Johnson at the Pacific Plenary of the World Council of Churches* Assembly at Vancouver, Canada, in 1983 (see video below). According to an article on Wikipedia, Darlene was a pioneering critic of the Read More
Marshall Islands Seal
The official seal of the Marshall Islands was approved in 1986. Follows is what is symbolizes: The centerpiece is the Angel of Peace with outstretched wings. Around the angel from the top and moving clockwise are the following… First, is the 24-point star representing the 21 municipalities of the Republic. The four long rays represent Read More
Captain John Marshall
The Marshall Islands are named after Captain John Charles Marshall who was born in 1748 in England. At the age of ten, Marshall became an apprentice sailor and spent the majority of his life at sea. The following story about Captain Marshall, after whom the Marshall Islands is named, was put together by the folk Read More
The Arrival of Missionaries
An interesting look at the arrival … and departure … of the first missionaries in the Marshall Islands.
Our Ocean’s Promise
From Aspirations to Inspirations: The Marshall Islands Fishing Story
The story of how the Marshall Islands went from being a bystander in commercial fishing in the Pacific to operating the world’s busiest tuna transshipment port, two fish processing facilities, a purse seine vessel net repair yard, and a fleet of locally-flagged and -based fishing vessels is documented in a groundbreaking new book. “Our Read More
Battling it out on Kwajalein
KAREN EARNSHAW A series of stunning colorized photos of the US Army during the second world war in the Pacific, including a number from the Marshall Islands, were brought to life through vivid colorization by a Welshman. Royston Leonard, from Cardiff, used his master artist skills to reinvent the images … and kindly given me Read More
Losing Their Voices
The Los Angeles Times spent 15 months researching a series on the results of the US nuclear age in the Marshall Islands and the effects of climate change on the nation. On November 10, 2019, the LA team launched its special series (www.latimes.com). They begin by stating: “With climate change and rising seas, the US Read More
Marshall Islands Timeline
A chronology of key events: Note: Thanks go to the BBC which put together the great majority of this timeline. Their version ended in 2016 so I have added the following years. circa 2000 BC: First Micronesian navigators arrive in the Marshall Islands, naming the atolls Aelon Kein Ad – “our islands”. They are skilled Read More
Arno Stars in New RMI Video
La Mancha Media — a California nonprofit corporation — was in the Marshall Islands in March 2018 to continue its goal of filming worthwhile projects around the world. The team published its RMI ‘episode’ on May 24, 2018. In Majuro a focus of the footage is the nuclear age as it affects the Marshalls, but the Read More
