Culture of Hawaii

has a Union Jack on the left hand corner and the 8 stripes go side to side. The Union Jack represents the historical relationship that Hawaii had with Great Britain and the 8 stripes represent the 8 main islands; the Big Island, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Niihau, and Kahoolawe. The current state flag was adopted in 1959. State Seal The state seal of Hawaii contains an image of King Kamehameha grandly dressed, a image of liberty, who is holding the Hawaiian flag, and on both sides…

On December 7, 1941, 2,403 lives were lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor. ‘’2,008 naval men, 109 Marines, 218 army men., and 68 civilians also lost their lives that day, which isn’t concluding the Japanese deaths’’(visitpearlharbor.org). ‘’Wounded came to 1,143 with 710 navy, 69 marines, and 364 army men, as well as 103 civilians. Also along with a total of 55 Japanese men’’(pearlharbormemorial.com). ‘’1,177 were from the USS Arizona and were on board or in the water when they…

To be the foe, or not to be the foe that is a debate. After the amazement assault on Pearl Harbor, numerous Americans accepted that the Japanese Americans were unfaithful and connected with the adversary. There were bits of gossip that they traded military data and had concealed associations. None of these cases were ever demonstrated. The U.S. government got to be progressively distrustful about this new issue and requested activity. On Thursday, February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued…

it all began with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nobody knows of these stories and they should be recognized. It was an early morning on December 7, 1941 when 2,403 people died and even more wounded. The attack was at the Naval base, Honolulu, near Hawaii. The day that will always be recognized as “the date which will live in infamy” by President Franklin Roosevelt. Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor relentlessly. The Japanese destroyed 20 ships and 200 aircrafts. The barrage lasted 2 hours long.…

Think of living in a world where you are beaten and segregated due to your ethnicity. This is exactly how the Japanese lived after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. They were forced to leave their homes, their possessions, and their comfortable beds behind and live in internment camps. They were living in conditions that were even unfavorable for animals. When you hear about these internment or concentration camps, you may think of other countries, such as Russia or Germany. What people…

purpose was to supply Hawaiians with additional land. Moreover, the Mahele was to halt the foreigners from procuring control over Hawaii. Nevertheless, the foreigners ended up with the preponderance of the land (Cachola). The Mahele benefitted the foreigners because foreigners modified the land system into the one they preferred, abandoning the indigenous system of Hawaii, and foreigners earned an abundant amount of land for new companies (Menton and Tamura 116). A way in which the Mahele was…

Asian mongoose has done more than just interfere with the biological stages of the islands it has also been a major hindrance to the economy. The introduction of the Asian mongoose to Hawaii could very well eliminate certain species of birds along the islands. The Asian mongoose was suggested to the sugar farmers of Hawaii from Jamaican sugar cane farmers to control the rats that lived in the fields. This turned out to be a disastrous idea. This release of the mongoose happened in or about the…

Japanese Jailed On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii shaking America physically and mentally. The enemy crippled a major part or the Pacific Fleet. Before the attack Curtis B Munson released the Munson report. He was assessing the “danger” of Japanese descendants in America. He claimed there would be no armed uprising of the Japanese. He also said there was no problem with them. But after Japan bombed us our citizens were put into concentration camps even after Munson…

1). Bibliography Anthony, Jim. Sex Across the Color Line: A neglected topic in Pacific history. PhD Thesis, Suva: Fiji Institute of Applied Studies, 2007. Annotation This is a memoir written by the Author on behalf of his mother to search for her real identity as to who her real father is after she was born out of wedlock from an Indo-fijian woman and believed that her was was a white man. This memoir is an account on Owen Scott's seminal disclosure and, for the first time additional…

The Polynesian Islands are a cluster of islands in the Southwestern Pacific Ocean. The secular hymns, or himene, of Tahiti and the French Polynesian Islands serve many purposes. These include storytelling, entertainment [bringue parties], celebration, and spreading cultural awareness. The music of the French Polynesia is logogenic, which means it is word oriented rather than melody oriented. The words in French Polynesian songs must be clearly annunciated, while the accompanying melody is mainly…