
- Hawai'i
- O'ahu
- Kaua'i
- Kaho'olawe
- Lāna'i
- Maui
- Moloka'i
- Ni'ihau
American business interests supported the overthrow of the Hawaiian government in January 1893. On August 12, 1898, Hawaii became a U.S. territory and 61 years later it was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. The former national flag of the kingdom was adopted by both the territory and the state.
"There is no official symbolism for the colours, which were probably influenced by the national symbols of other Pacific island kingdoms as well as by the flags of the foreign powers that first visited Hawaii (the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and France)." |