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Flag Day 2020

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A handful of government leaders, led by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, were present last Friday morning at the Fagatogo Pavilion for the 2020 Flag Day ceremony, marking 120 years since American Samoa became a US territory. Unlike other Flag Days, there was no fanfare or...
[l-r] Senate President Gaoteote Palaie Tofau, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga, the Rev Elder Fa’aetete Saifoloi, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale, and Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga Tasi Asuega
[l-r] Senate President Gaoteote Palaie Tofau, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga, the Rev Elder Fa’aetete Saifoloi, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale, and Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga Tasi Asuega last Friday morning at the Fagatogo Pavilion after the one-hour 2020 Flag...
Fafatogo malae during Flag Day 2020
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —The one-hour 2020 Flag Day ceremony, which got underway around 6:30a.m on Friday, Apr. 17th, was a small one for American Samoa with no fanfare or jubilant celebration, as the deadly coronavirus forced necessary preventive measures — especially social distancing, which...