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Statehood Day or Admission Day is a legal holiday in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is celebrated annually on the third Friday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1959 admission to the Union. It was first celebrated in 1969. [1]
2024 Hawaii Senate election 2024 Hawaii House of Representatives election December 17 – A Kamaka Air Cessna 208 Caravan on a training flight crashes shortly after taking off from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, killing the two crew members onboard.
The anniversary of the Anglo-Franco Proclamation on November 28 was subsequently made a public holiday during the Hawaiian monarchy. [4] [9] [10] In 1898, the legislature of the Republic of Hawaii made November 28 Thanksgiving Day. [11] After the annexation of Hawaii to the United States, the holiday lost official recognition. [12]
King Kamehameha I Day Floral Parade – Kamehameha float, June 11, 2016. A floral parade is held annually at various locations throughout the state of Hawaii. On the island of Oahu, the parade runs from ʻIolani Palace in downtown Honolulu past Honolulu Harbor and the Prince Kūhiō Federal Building through Kakaʻako, Ala Moana and Waikīkī, ending at Kapiʻolani Park.
The Wailua River is the only navigable river in the state of Hawaiʻi and is a center of activity for locals (water skiing, kayaking) and visitors (boat tour of Fern Grotto). According to the United States Census Bureau , the Wailua CDP has an area of 1.8 square miles (4.6 km 2 ), of which 1.5 square miles (3.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.3 square ...
The festival was celebrated on six of Hawaii's islands, but in 2008 festival organizers decided to hold most events on Oahu due to a lack of funding. There was also the chance that the Floral Parade would be cancelled altogether, but it was saved by private donors and funds from the City and County of Honolulu. [3] No Aloha festival was held in ...
Bathymetric map of main Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaiian archipelago is 2,000 mi (3,200 km) southwest of the contiguous United States. [46] Hawaii is the southernmost U.S. state and the second westernmost after Alaska. Like Alaska, Hawaii borders no other U.S. state.