| A short
history of the Hawaii State flag |
Captain Cook first landed in Hawaii in 1778, and one of his companions named
George Vancouver revisited the islands in 1793. He presented the King with
a Union Jack. Hawaii was under British protection until 1816, and took as its
flag the Union Jack. Today it still makes up a part of the flag of the 50th
state of the USA. After the British had gone the King kept the Union Jack in
the canton of his flag. The rest of the flag is made up of varying numbers
of red, white, and blue stripes. In 1845, the number of stripes became eight,
and each stripe representing one of the main islands in the Hawaiian chain.
This flag has remained constant during many changes in Hawaii's history. |
A short
history of Hawaii (The
Aloha State) |
Hawaii is located
in the Pacific islands, originally inhabited only by the Polynesians.
U.S. settlers deposed ruling by the Queen in 1893, and formed
an independent republic. In 1898 annexed to the USA as a Territory,
and was admitted to the Union in 1959. |
| Area
of Hawaii |
6,471 sq. miles
including 136 islands (7 inhabited) |
Capital
|
Honolulu |
| Major
Products |
Sugar, pineapples
Tourism: about 7 million visitors per year |
| State
Motto |
The life of the
land is perpetuated by righteousness. |