ACTION:
In 2015 we successfully lobbied the “State of Hawaii” legislature to pass a resolution so every January 17th, only the flag of the Hawaiian Kingdom is RAISED over “State” buildings, as an annual reminder of the illegal takeover of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
WHAT’S THIS ABOUT?:
For 5 days in 1993 the Hawaiian Kingdom flag was flown solo (without the U.S. flag) over state buildings to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the illegal seizure of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Hawaiian patriots are proposing that this be done one day a year, on January 17, until the Kingdom is restored, when the Hawaiian Kingdom flag will fly permanently.
OBJECTIVE:
Based on the precedence set in 1993, the state is fully capable of ordering this action be implemented.
TAKING ACTION:
• Now that the legislation passed, we need to make sure it is implemented. 2018 will mark the 125th anniversary of the “overthrow.”
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• We need volunteers who will remind the proper state agencies of the obligation and make sure that it is carried out.
TALKING POINTS:
1. If the state felt it was important to fly only the Hawaiian flag for five days on the 100th anniversary of an infamous, criminal action, surely it would also be fitting to fly Hae Hawaiʻi solo for one day out of 365 beginning with the 125th anniversary and forward.
2. For one day a year, the Hawaiian flag is not to be placed subservient to the United States flag an acknowledgement we are still a proud sovereign nation.
3.The flag of the State of Hawaii is still the flag of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Background:
In 1992 as Hawaiians were planning the Onipaʻa (solidarity) observances, the state of Hawaii adopted measures acknowledging the injustice of the ʻoverthrow.ʻ Gov. John Waiheʻe, the stateʻs only Native Hawaiian governor, declared that for five days, only the Hawaiian national flag was to be flown over all state buildings. And so it was done.
Palani Vaughan, who was part of the Waiheʻe administration, recently posed the question, why donʻt we encourage the state to continue with this very simple, kuʻe action? It would be an ongoing symbol of Onipaʻa.
