Smologies #17: FLAGS with E. Tory Laitila
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The History of the Union Jack Flag
The Hawaiian flag is the only flag that has flown unchanged for five different forms of government. It was drafted by a British officer during the reign of Kamami of the first, who united the Hawaiian Islands in the late 1700s. When Hawaii started trading outside of Hawaii, it needed a flag to be recognized and so they came up with this design. The US took control of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893 in an overthrow that Congress admitted was illegal.
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