554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Wadsworth assigned to the 554th Red Horse Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, volunteers to arrange over 3,000 flower luminaries at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, July 9, 2024. Wadsworth helped secure the flowers onto a static display of Guam set to light up from July 19-21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete)

554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 554th Red Horse Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, volunteer to plant over 3,000 flower luminaries into a static display of Guam at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, July 9. 2024. The flowers represent the lives lost during the liberation of Guam and will be lit up from July 19-21 in commemoration of the 80th Guam Liberation Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete)

554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Brandon Fernandez assigned to the 554th Red Horse Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, secures one of over 3,000 flower luminaries at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, July 9, 2024. As a Guam native, Fernandez took pride in this volunteer event part of the Sister Village Sister Squadron Program on Andersen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete)

554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 554th Red Horse Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, plant over 3,000 flower luminaries into a static display of Guam at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, Guam, July 9, 2024. The display will be lit up from July 19-21 as part of the 80th Guam Liberation Day celebrations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete)

554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Wolfe assigned to the 554th Red Horse Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, places a flower luminary into a static display of Guam being set up at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, July 9, 2024. The luminary display will be lit up from July 19-21 in commemoration of the 80th Guam Liberation day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete)

554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

A U.S. Air Force Airman drills a hole into a static display of Guam at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, Guam, July 9, 2024. The 554th Red Horse Squadron volunteered with the Sinajaña Mayor’s Office to set up the luminary display designed to commemorate the over 3,000 lives lost during the liberation of Guam in 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete)

554 REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

Flower luminaries are installed one at a time into a static display of Guam at the Plaza de España in Hagatña, Guam, July 9, 2024. Airmen from the 554th Red Horse Squadron planted over 3,000 flowers to commemorate the lives lost during the liberation of Guam almost 80 years ago. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete).

554th REDHORSE plant flower luminaries for Guam Liberation Day

Published July 11, 2024
By Airman 1st Class Natasha Ninete

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --

The island is preparing for the 80th Guam Liberation Day celebration.

Airmen from the 554 Red Horse Squadron worked with the Sinajaña Mayor’s Office to plant over 3,000 flower luminaries into a static display of the shape of Guam.

The flowers represent the lives lost during the liberation of Guam and will come together to display pictures and other visuals that commemorate this pivotal time in history.