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  Territory of Hawaii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Territory of Hawai‘i, abbreviated officially as T.H., was established on 7 July 1898 and dissolved on 21 August 1959 when Hawai‘i became a state.
Hawai‘i's territorial history includes a period from 1941 to 1944 when the islands were placed under martial law.
Hawai‘i consisted of 90% American citizens, most born in the U.S. A former officer of the Honolulu Police Department, John A. Burns was elected Hawai‘i's delegate to Congress in 1956.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii   (2563 words)

  
 Territory of Hawaii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Territory of Hawai‘i, abbreviated officially as T.H., was established on 7 July, 1898 and dissolved on 21 August, 1959.
Race relations in Hawai‘i took to the national spotlight on September 12, 1931 when Thalia Massie, a U.S. Navy officer's wife, got drunk and was beaten and raped.
Hawai‘i was comprised of 90% American citizens, most born in the U.S. A former officer of the Honolulu Police Department, John A. Burns was elected Hawai‘i's delegate to Congress in 1956.
www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/t/te/territory_of_hawaii.html   (2336 words)

  
 Organic Act to Provide a Government for the Territory of Hawaii
That all persons who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii on August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States and citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.
Where a territory is incorporated into the United States (as in the case of the Territory of Hawaii) the federal Constitution applies and becomes operative in such territory.
That the laws of Hawaii not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States or the provisions of this Act shall continue in force, subject to repeal or amendment by the legislature of Hawaii or the Congress of the United States.
www.freehawaii.org /organicact.html   (2140 words)

  
 Organic Act to Provide a Government for the Territory of Hawaii
That the style of all process in the Territorial courts shall hereafter run in the name of "The Territory of Hawaii," and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the Territory of Hawaii.
The Territory of Hawaii is hereby authorized to enact such laws as it may deem appropriate for the payment from the Treasury of the Territory for compensation and mileage to such members for budget sessions and for the payment of additional compensation to such members for general sessions and special sessions.
That the legislature may create counties and town and city municipalities within the Territory of Hawaii and provide for the government thereof, and all officials thereof shall be appointed or elected, as the case may be, in such manner as shall be provided by the governor and legislature of the Territory.
www.hawaii-nation.org /organic.html   (9726 words)

  
 Hawaii Organic Act - Page 1056
That all persons who were citizens of the Republic of Hawaii on August 12, 1898, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States and citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.
The laws of the republic of Hawaii provided that all persons born or naturalized in Hawaii, under the republic of Hawaii, should be citizens of the republic of Hawaii.
The misfortune is that many of the important sections involving the question of appointments by the Territorial governor or by the President, in- volving the question of the establishment of courts and procedure, are at the end of this bill.
libweb.hawaii.edu /digicoll/annexation/organic/oa1056.html   (1389 words)

  
 Hawaii Nat'l Park, Act of April 19, 1930
All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in t.he Territory of Hawaii.
That the District Court of the United States in and for the Territory of Hawaii shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within the boundaries of said park.
That the Secretary of the Interior shall notify, in writing, the Governor of the Territory of Hawaii of the passage and approval of this Act and of the fact that the United States assumes police jurisdiction over said park.
www.nps.gov /havo/manage/kahuku/havoplan/april1930.htm   (305 words)

  
 Territorial Years - The History of Hawaii - Hawaii School Reports
The Territory of Hawaii was created on July 7, 1898, when Congress passed the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawai'i to the United States.
The biggest event in the history of the Territory of Hawaii was the attack on Pearl Harbor, and World War II.
The economy and government of the Territory of Hawaii had largely been controlled by the Big Five corporations or plantations, and Hawaii was solidly Republican.
www.hawaiischoolreports.com /history/territorial.htm   (844 words)

  
 Hawaii House Rentals & Cottage Rental, Cottage Canada - USA
The state of Hawaii is made up of an island chain that extends for about 1,600 mi between the island of Hawaii in the southeast and Kure Island in the northwest.
The atoll of Palmyra, an island southwest of the main islands, was part of the Territory of Hawaii but was specifically excluded from the state when statehood was achieved in 1959.
The island of Hawaii, the most recent of all, is the highest and largest island and, compared with the other main islands, has not been heavily eroded since it is still in the formative stage.
www.cottage-canada-usa.com /hawaii.htm   (1047 words)

  
 History of Hawaii Agriculture
Hawaii was one of the last island groups to be settled.
Territory of Hawaii, with the backing of the Hawaii Sugar Planters' Association, establishes a Board of Agriculture and Forestry, predating the USDA Forest Service by one year.
Hawaii continues to be the only state in the nation to grow coffee.
www.hawaiiag.org /history.htm   (2886 words)

  
 Digital History
In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state after a plebiscite in which 90 percent of the islanders supported statehood.
Hawaii had the finest harbor in the mid-Pacific and was viewed as a strategically valuable coaling station and naval base.
The House of Representatives voted to censure the U.S. minister to Hawaii and adopted a resolution opposing annexation.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /database/article_display.cfm?HHID=189   (698 words)

  
 50th State
The palace was originally constructed as the private residence for the Royal Family, and headquarters for the Constitutional Government of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
The palace was renamed the Executive Building where it served as the seat of power for the Republic of Hawaii (1894), the ensuing Territory of Hawaii (annexed to the United States - August 12, 1898) and finally the State of Hawaii (admitted - August 21, 1959).
Rich in the symbolism of Hawaii's past, the Capitol is surrounded by water, a representation that Hawaii is an island state.
www.hawaiiscene.com /50thState.htm   (587 words)

  
 Territory of Hawaii-May 11, 1944-7th Inf Divsion Parade
And to the men of the Seventh--who in a year had made the transition from Attu's icy mountains to Hawaii's coral strand (and Schofield's red dust)--there must have been incredible contrast between the mud and cold of a year ago and yesterday's spit-and-polish smartness.
Particularly bound up with Hawaii is one regiment, formed at Schofield in 1916, which was presented its regimental flag by the late Queen Liliuokalani and was long known as the Queen's Own Regiment.
A descendant of the late Queen, Miss Kekaulike Kawananakoa, was a guest yesterday in the absence of her grandmother, Princess David Kawanakoa, who is ill.
www.coretek.org /gsmith/hawaii.html   (738 words)

  
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Joseph R. Farrington, wife of the delegate from the Territory of Hawaii.
One of the projected class of six battle cruiser type ships, of which only two were completed, HAWAII and her sisters were designed to cope with the large German "pocket battleships" and Japanese armored cruisers.
For a time it was planned that HAWAII should be converted to the Navy's first guided missile ship, but she remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/cruisers/cb3.txt   (219 words)

  
 Hawaii Organic Act - Page 1105
1898, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States and citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.
I desire to ask the Senator - I probably knew, but have forgotten the provision of the constitution of Hawaii on the subject - as to the extent of citizenship under the republic.
That is the chief purpose of the amendment to section 5 by the House of Representatives as agreed to by the conferees.
libweb.hawaii.edu /digicoll/annexation/organic/oa1105.html   (1389 words)

  
 Hawaii (U.S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1960, a star was added, representing Hawaii, bringing the total number of stars on the U.S. flag to 50.
The official description of the Hawaiian flag as authorized to represent the State of Hawaii on land and sea, and authorized for executive state agencies, second to the stars and stripes of the United States shall be:
According to NAVA news (January 1984) the flag of the governor of Hawaii is blue over red with the word "Hawaii" in white in the center and, around the word, 8 white stars (8 islands perhaps?).
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/us-hi.html   (566 words)

  
 Island Connections
In the Territory of Hawaii, 4-H began under the auspices of the Federal Agricultural Experiment Station and leadership of Frederick G. Krauss, Harvey F. Wiley and Mabel Greene.
It was held on the Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii, June 16-20, 1930.
The Territorial 4-H Leaders' organization was organized on a trial basis during the 1953 Ahaolelo.
www.ctarm.hawaii.edu /4h/history.htm   (1768 words)

  
 Hawaii National Guard Bibliography
Biennial Report, Adjutant General, Territory of Hawaii (1 Jan 17 to 31 Dec 18 with remarks for 1 Jul 19 to 30 Jun 21).
Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the Territory of Hawaii July 1, 1925-June 30, 1926.
Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the Territory of Hawaii July 1, 1926-June 30, 1927.
www.army.mil /CMH-pg/ARNG/NG-HI.htm   (338 words)

  
 Hawaii Tourist Attractions
And, that, in a nutshell, is why Hawaii remains a roadside territory.
Natives from these islands, who are going to college in Hawaii, dress in traditional garb and show visitors how to climb palm trees and make fire.
Hawaii's fine for what it is, if you like that kind of thing.
www.roadsideamerica.com /map/hi.html   (641 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the exercise of sole and exclusive jurisdiction by the United States over the Hawaii National Park in the Territory of Hawaii, and for other purposes", approved April 19, 1930.
"That any United States commissioner in and for the Territory of Hawaii, while acting in such capacity as United States Commissioner for the Hawaii National Park as authorized by section 6 hereof, shall be allowed the fees prescribed by section 21 of the Act of May 28, 1896 (29 Stat.
All laws or parts of laws, either Federal or Territorial, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
www.nps.gov /havo/manage/kahuku/havoplan/amJun38.htm   (135 words)

  
 Holidays & Festivals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is celebrated to honor the birthday of Hawaii's second delegate to Congress.
He served as the Territory of Hawaii's delegate to the U.S. Congress from 1903 to 1921.
His plan was to return tenement dwellers to the land and encourage them to be self-sufficient farmers, ranchers and homesteaders on leased parcels of reserved land.
home.hawaii.rr.com /hawaiianweb/holiday09.html   (210 words)

  
 Today in History: November 7
In 1831, caught up in the powerful religious revival movement sweeping the U.S. and its frontier territories, Lovejoy experienced a conversion which led him to sell his interests and enroll in Princeton Theological Seminary back East.
The Crossroads of the Pacific, as this group of volcanic islands are often called, was originally inhabited by Polynesians from the Marquesa Islands.
Search the collection American Environmental Photographs 1891-1936 on Hawaii to see images of the remarkable beauty of the islands, such as a photo of the 1868 flow of the Crater of Kilauea.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/nov07.html   (1031 words)

  
 Hawaii Local Usage 08/12/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Republic of Hawaii was declared on July 4, 1894.
The formal annexation of Hawaii took place on the date of this cover, August 12, 1898.
It became the Territory of Hawaii on April 30, 1900.
www.stampwhiz.com /081298.html   (266 words)

  
 Treaty of Annexation of Hawaii - Negotiated in 1897
The President of the Republic of Hawaii, Francis March Hatch, Lorrin A. Thurston, and William A. Kinney.
The existing laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition.
The President shall appoint five commissioners, at least two of whom shall be residents of the Hawaiian Islands, who shall, as soon as reasonable and practicable, recommend to Congress such legislation for the Territory of Hawaii as they shall deem necessary or proper.
www.alohaquest.com /archive/treaty_annexation_1897.htm   (390 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Attack on Pearl Harbor Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As Nagumo's attacking force neared Hawaii, there is claimed to have been a flurry of later warnings to US intelligence and, even, directly to the White House or to White House connections.
No cable traffic (the usual communication method to/from Tokyo) was intercepted in Hawaii until after David Sarnoff of RCA agreed to assist during a visit to Hawaii immediately before the 7th; such interception was illegal under US law, though it had been going on in New York for some time.
Holmes was one of the cryptographers stationed in Hawaii.
www.ipedia.com /attack_on_pearl_harbor.html   (4863 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)
These islands form the present Territory of Hawaii, and belong to the United States.
Eight of the islands are inhabited, viz., Kauai, Niihau, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe, and Hawaii.
The life — philosophy of the weak and inconstant natives was to shun work and enjoy all the pleasures within reach.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13438a.htm   (1280 words)

  
 Hawaii Tokens
Republic of Hawaii and Kingdom of Hawaii paper money, reproduced on parchment paper.
Cover commemorating the addition of Hawaii's 50th star to the American flag.
Hawaii public school system milk tokens used from 1915-1945.
www.ukulele.com /hawtoken.html   (211 words)

  
 eBay - territory of ..., Postcards Paper, Maps, Atlases, Globes items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
HUNGARY 1938; SG 628-9; Acquisition of Czech Territory 
Pit bull territory and beware of Pit bull..
Territory of HAWAII Outrigger Canoe Race postcard 1947 
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 Territory of Hawaii registration day July 31 WWI Posters
Territory of Hawaii registration day July 31 WWI Posters
Territory of Hawaii registration day July 31 Poster showing a soldier bearing a large U.S. flag.
Description: Territory of Hawaii registration day July 31 Poster showing a soldier bearing a large U.S. flag.
www.rainfall.com /posters/WWI/508.htm   (221 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Hawaii: Territorial Delegates
Delegates to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory: Events and Candidates of the 1920's (may be incomplete!)
Delegates to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory: Events and Candidates of the 1930's (may be incomplete!)
Delegates to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory: Events and Candidates of the 1940's (may be incomplete!)
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/HI/ofc/cgdel.html   (328 words)

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