Hvornår blev hawaii annekteret i de forenede stater?
1898
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
I 1897 efterfulgte William McKinley Cleveland som præsident. Et år senere underskrev han Newlands resolutionen, som gav mulighed for at annektere Hawaii den 7. juli 1898. Den formelle ceremoni, der markerede annekteringen, blev afholdt på Iolani Palace den 12. august 1898. Næsten ingen indfødte hawaiianere deltog, og de få, der var på gaden, bar royalistiske ilima-blomster i deres hatte eller hår og på brystet hawaiianske flag med mottoet: Kuu Hae Aloha ("mit elskede flag"). De fleste af de 40.000 indfødte hawaiianere, herunder Liliʻuokalani og den kongelige familie, lukkede sig inde i deres hjem i protest mod det, de anså for at være en ulovlig transaktion. "Da nyheden om annekteringen kom, var det bitterere end døden for mig", sagde Liliʻuokalanis niece, prinsesse Kaʻiulani, til San Francisco Chronicle. "Det var slemt nok at miste tronen, men uendeligt meget værre at få flaget ned." Det hawaiianske flag blev sænket for sidste gang, mens Royal Hawaiian Band spillede den hawaiianske nationalsang, Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī.
1898
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
In 1897, William McKinley succeeded Cleveland as president. A year later he signed the Newlands Resolution, which provided for the annexation of Hawaii on July 7, 1898. The formal ceremony marking the annexation was held at Iolani Palace on August 12, 1898. Almost no Native Hawaiians attended, and those few who were on the streets wore royalist ilima blossoms in their hats or hair, and, on their breasts Hawaiian flags with the motto: Kuu Hae Aloha ("my beloved flag"). Most of the 40,000 Native Hawaiians, including Liliʻuokalani and the royal family, shuttered themselves in their homes, protesting what they considered an illegal transaction. "When the news of Annexation came it was bitterer than death to me", Liliʻuokalani's niece, Princess Kaʻiulani, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "It was bad enough to lose the throne, but infinitely worse to have the flag go down." The Hawaiian flag was lowered for the last time while the Royal Hawaiian Band played the Hawaiian national anthem, Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī.
Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii