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nThis is Hawaiian Flag Day. The flag is unexpected, at least to me—it doesn’t seem to catch the island flavor or the Pacific/Asian ancestry of many Hawaiians—and it features a British “Union Jack” in one corner!
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nBut in 1816 this flag was commissioned by King Kamehameha the Great to show Hawaii’s close ties with Great Britain. The eight red-white-and-blue stripes stand for Hawaii’s eight major islands.
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nThis flag represented Hawaii as the flag of the Hawaiian Kingdom, as the Republic of Hawaii, and as the territory of Hawaii. Now it represents the State of Hawaii.
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nCelebrate Hawaii!
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nCelebrate Hawaii!
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- Check out Hawaii Kids.
- Here are some coloring pages.
- The A to Z Kids Stuff website has lots of links to explore.
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