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Onboard the USS Missouri Battleship looking towards the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. The USS Arizona was sunk durring the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 which brought the United States into World War II. The USS Missouri hosted the ceremony in Tokyo Bay in which Japan Surrendered August 15, 1945. |
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Website : www.hawaii.gov |
Capital
: Honolulu |
Highest
point : Mauna
Kea, 13, 796 feet |
Area : 10,932 square miles,
43rd largest state |
Population : 1,211,537
(2000 US census) |
Motto
: The life of the land
is perpetuated in righteousness.
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Admitted to
Union : August 21, 1959 |
State
Song : "Hawai`i Pono`i" |
State Bird
: Nene (Hawaiian goose) |
State Flower : Yellow Hibiscus
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State Tree : Kukui
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