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Hawaii Statehood Story From 1903 To 1959
The piece traces Hawaii joining the union, noting eight large islands plus many smaller ones across 400 miles. It recalls Captain Cook planting the Union Jack in 1778 and describes shifting ancestries among 585,000 Hawaiians. Petitions to Congress failed until 1959 when Eisenhower signed them. Lucien Aigner photographed Hawaii in August as it prepared for admission on August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiii
New Jersey
mid-Pacific
James Cook
Congress
Eisenhower
Berkshire
Lucien Aigner
Union
Walter Howard