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The state of Hawaii has adopted numerous symbols. Insignia. Type Symbol Description Year Image Source Flag: The Flag of Hawaii [1] Seal: The Great Seal of the State ...
The passage of the Admission Act in 1959, admitted Hawaii as the 50th State of the United States of America on August 21, 1959. The seal of the Territory of Hawaii was the same as the seal of the republic, except that it had "Territory of Hawaii" placed at the top and "1900" (signifying the year that the territorial government officially was ...
The Flag of Hawaii, also known as the Hawaiian flag, [a] is the official flag of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of a field of eight horizontal stripes, in the sequence of white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red with a British Union Jack depicted as a canton (placed in the upper-left corner).
[7] [8] The pūloʻuloʻu are also displayed at the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii at Mauna ʻAla where they are placed in the chapel and where metal representations are placed outside the chapels and the crypts. [9] The coat of arms of the Hawaiian Kingdom and the seal of the State of Hawaii features the pūloʻuloʻu as a symbol of authority. [2] [10]
Pages in category "Symbols of Hawaii" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. ... Aloha State; C. Coat of arms of the Hawaiian Kingdom; E.
The inverted Hawaiian flag represents the Hawaiian Kingdom in distress and is the main symbol of the Hawaiian sovereignty ... the motto of the future State of Hawaii.
The title of the state constitution is The Constitution of the State of Hawaii. Article XV, Section 1 of the Constitution uses The State of Hawaii . [ 27 ] Diacritics were not used because the document, drafted in 1949, [ 28 ] predates the use of the ʻokina ʻ and the kahakō in modern Hawaiian orthography.
^ Colorado is the only state whose geological symbols reflect the national flag's colors: red (rhodochrosite), white (yule marble), and blue (aquamarine). ^ Florida's state gem, moonstone , was adopted to highlight Florida's role in the United States' Lunar program , which landed the first astronauts on the Moon.