In June of 1959 the citizens of Hawaii voted on a referendum to accept the statehood bill and on August 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed the official ...

The Admission Act, formally An Act to Provide for the Admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union is a statute enacted by the United States Congress and ...

Mar 12, 2024 · On March 12, 1959, Congress approved Hawaii for admission to the union as the 50th state, marking the last time statehood was subject to votes ...

Hawaii is admitted as the 50th state of the Union. August 21, 1959, The 50 star flag becomes the official flag of the United States.

May 5, 2022 · Hawaii became part of the union more than six decades after an illegal coup ousted the Native Hawaiian monarchy. ... More than 60 years after the ...

All Territorial laws in force in the Territory of Hawaii at the time of its admission into the Union shall continue in force in the State of Hawaii, except as ...

Whereas I find and announce that the people of Hawaii have duly adopted the propositions required to be submitted to them by the act of March 18, 1959, and have ...

Dec 9, 2020 · I don't think so. There was actually a fair amount of opposition to admitting Hawaii as a state, and truth be told, a lot of it was racial.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I INTO THE UNION, ACT OF MARCH 18, 1959, PUB L 86-3, 73 STAT4. The Admission Act§1.