On this day: Hawaii Annexation Ceremony

Tuesday, 12th August 2014 by

On August 12, 1898, the annexation of Hawaii by the United States was formally completed with a ceremony at 'Iolani Palace. The islands' Queen and other leaders refused to attend in protest of the takeover which had been in effect for more than a month already, when the former Republic became a Territory of the US.

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Ian Brown lives in Ottawa, Canada, and spends his spare time perusing maps to find new routes to ride on his orange bicycle.