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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1012117" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day, August 21st 1959, that the citizens of the United States said aloha to their new, fellow Americans.&nbsp;The Hawaiian Islands became the State of Hawaii by a proclamation signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The statehood bill had been passed in March of 1959, but it contained a stipulation that the residents of the Hawaiian Islands would have to give their vote of approval. Three months later, they did so -- and by a huge margin. Hawaii finally became the 50th state of the United States of America on this day. Although the Aloha State is made up of a chain of 122 volcanic islands spread out over 1,600 miles, only seven, at the southeastern end of the chain, are inhabited.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1012117, member: 38206"] [B]On this day, August 21st 1959, that the citizens of the United States said aloha to their new, fellow Americans. The Hawaiian Islands became the State of Hawaii by a proclamation signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. [/B] [B]The statehood bill had been passed in March of 1959, but it contained a stipulation that the residents of the Hawaiian Islands would have to give their vote of approval. Three months later, they did so -- and by a huge margin. [/B][B]Hawaii finally became the 50th state of the United States of America on this day. Although the Aloha State is made up of a chain of 122 volcanic islands spread out over 1,600 miles, only seven, at the southeastern end of the chain, are inhabited.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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