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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:58 AM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAWAII!!! 50 years old today!
Edited on Fri Aug-21-09 09:59 AM by KansDem
August 21, 1959- President Eisenhower makes Hawaii Statehood official by signing the proclamation that welcomes Hawai‘i as the 50th state of the union. He also unveils the new fifty star flag.

http://hawaii.gov/statehood/history

:woohoo:

My place of birth (although it was a territory then) and the birth state of President Obama :party:

How many other DUers were born in Hawaii?



on edit: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STATE OF HAWAII!!!
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:58 AM
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1. Where's the birth certificate?
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:02 AM
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7. lol
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:41 AM
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15. DUzy!
:rofl:
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 09:59 AM
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2. Show us your birth certificate! How do we know that your father didn't give birth to you in Kenya?
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:00 AM
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4. Actually I looked at my official birth certificate only last week...
It reads, "Territory of Hawaii"

No White House for me...
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:11 AM
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11. Barry Goldwater was born in the Arizona territory
Of course he didn't win the presidency, but he was the Republican party candidate in 1964. You could run.
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:00 AM
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3. A beautiful foreign, exotic country, according to Republicans.
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:01 AM
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5. Slight correction - but an important distinction. Hawaii existed (was born) more than 50 years
ago.

It became a state in '59.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:07 AM
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8. You're Right
The State of Hawaii was "born" in 1959.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:08 AM
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9. You are correct...
I edited by OP to reflect that fact.

Thanks! :hi:
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:02 AM
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6. One here
My birth certificate reads at the top "Territory of Hawaii".
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:09 AM
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10. Navy family?
Just curious...

My dad was in the Navy.
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:12 AM
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12. Yea! The Birthplace of President Obama is 50!
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:13 AM
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13. The conservatives don't know Hawaii's a state. SHHHHHHH
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ginnyinWI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-21-09 10:37 AM
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14. I remember that day.
Funny what sticks in memory. I was in the back seat riding in the family car and one of my parents said that we have 50 states now. Hawaii was now a state. I wonder if the subject came up because we saw some flags flying or a sign or something? I was seven years old.
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