August 21, 2010

Admission Day in Hawai'i

Yesterday, the third Friday in August, was the 51st anniversary of the date Hawai'i was proclaimed a member of the United States of America by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

You can be forgiven if you didn't realize that even if you live in Hawai'i. All celebrations of the day have been mute to non-existent for the past half-dozen to dozen years. Our politicians are terrified of the Native Hawai'ian sovereignty movement, so they prefer to quietly ignore the day. You see no parades and no speeches here to celebrate the occasion. In fact, the only impact you'd notice is if you had business to transact with state government employees, since it is an observed holiday for them.

The tyranny of the minority. It seems to be everywhere these days.

Posted by Linkmeister at August 21, 2010 11:41 AM | TrackBack
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