History Education Hawai, Inc., send its best wishes and aloha to all in this Hawaii Statehood Day. While it is a state holiday we are aware that many are working on this Aloha Friday. Rest assured, so are we!
The anniversary of Hawaii's admission as the 50th state comes every third Friday of August. We refer our readers to the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum's web site:
President Eisenhower stated his support for the idea of statehood for Hawaii early in his administration but appropriate legislation failed to make it through Congress until the Hawaii Admission Act of 1959. President Eisenhower signed the bill into law on March 18, 1959. 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 proclamation admitting Hawaii as the 50th state.
We also call to your attention this 54-second newsreel footage from Archive.org. It is dated March 16, 1959.
My Dad was stationed at Schofield Barracks and we five arrived in July '59. Of course, Statehood came the next month and my Dad had a copy of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin with the large word "STATEHOOD" on the front. Somehow over the years it was lost but I remember that happy day.
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