# Hawaii state flag **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 24, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239 "2005-09-24T18:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/1 "2005-09-24T18:22:59Z")
When I was checking out Mount Rushmore earlier this month I went “Huh?” when I saw Hawaii’s flag. I even checked google to make sure I hadn’t been hallucinating. The flag of one of your states has a UNION JACK in the corner?! Yes, I saw on [http://www.50states.com/flag/hiflag.htm](http://www.50states.com/flag/hiflag.htm) the reasoning behind it; but does anyone down there ever object that a state flag contains the flag of a country that you had a little spat with a couple of hundred years ago? Seems weird to this crazy canuck. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/2 "2005-09-24T19:04:37Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > but does anyone down there ever object that a state flag contains the flag of a country that you had a little spat with a couple of hundred years ago? Doesn’t seem to bother a majority in [Georgia](http://www.50states.com/flag/gaflag_old.htm) for a long time… ---
**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/3 "2005-09-24T19:32:08Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Doesn’t seem to bother a majority in [Georgia](http://www.50states.com/flag/gaflag_old.htm) for a long time… Hrrrm? There’s no Union Jack on the Georgia state flag. Or were you seeing instead the Confederate “Stars & Bars” that’s on there? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/4 "2005-09-24T19:41:18Z")
Right. The Confederate States of America being the “country that [we] had a little spat with” 150 or so years ago. There was a to-do about the battle flag being part of the GA state flag for many years until it was changed to first minimize and then eliminate it. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/5 "2005-09-24T20:07:05Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > When I was checking out Mount Rushmore earlier this month I went “Huh?” when I saw Hawaii’s flag. I even checked google to make sure I hadn’t been hallucinating. > > The flag of one of your states has a UNION JACK in the corner?! Yes, I saw on [Hawaii State Flag](http://www.50states.com/flag/hiflag.htm) the reasoning behind it; but does anyone down there ever object that a state flag contains the flag of a country that you had a little spat with a couple of hundred years ago? > > Seems weird to this crazy canuck. This is the flag of the Kingdom of Hawaii honoring their discovery by Capt Cook. Suprisingly the white devil landowners did not change the flag after deposing the Queen and allowing the US to annex the islands. But everything is OK because the US government has said they’re sorry. (Public Law 103-150) ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/6 "2005-09-24T22:24:04Z")
[Link 1](http://www.hawaiiwaterpolo.com/history_of_the_hawaiian_flag.htm) [Link 2](http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/hi_flag.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-state-flag/323239/7 "2005-09-24T22:38:18Z")
Mahalo!