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It is the only U.S. state flag to feature a foreign country's national flag—that of the Union Jack—which commemorates the British Royal Navy's historical relations with the Kingdom of Hawaii, and in particular the pro-British sentiment of its first ruler, King Kamehameha I.
1 Οκτ 2024 · In 1793 Captain George Vancouver from Great Britain presented the Union Jack to the conquering king Kamehameha I, who was then uniting the islands into a single state; the Union Jack flew unofficially as the flag of Hawaii until 1816.
21 Οκτ 2008 · The Hawaii flag’s eight stripes represent the major Islands. Historians credit its design to an officer of the Royal Navy, who based it on a British naval flag. While the ensign has become the official state flag of Hawaii, there are some that argue it is not the original flag of the Hawaiian kingdom.
The flag of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaiʻi) is the official flag of Hawaii as a U.S. state, as it was kingdom, protector government, republic, and territory. It is the only state flag of the United States to have the Union Flag of the United Kingdom on it.
2 Μαρ 2018 · The history of the Hawaii State flag dates back to the reign of King Kamehameha who was given a flag as a gift by an early explorer called George Vancouver. From then onwards, the king hoisted the flag and slowly people began identifying the kingdom with it.
The State Flag of Hawaii was adopted in 1845, boasting eight horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue with the UK Union flag at its corner. La Hae Hawaii, or “Flag of Hawaii,” was designed by a group called Ka Lahui Hawai’i and featured eight alternating vertical lines representing the eight islands.
1 Αυγ 2023 · Origins of the Hawaii Flag. Believe it or not, the Hawaiian flag predates Hawaii’s statehood by over a century. The flag’s history dates back to the early 19th century during the reign of King Kamehameha I. Tradition holds that the King commissioned the flag’s creation in 1816.
