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This statue of Kamehameha the Great stands in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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Hawaii Becomes our 50th State
Under increasing U.S. influence, the population of Hawaii grew and its economy grew as well, as the islands increased sugar and pineapple production to satisfy the U.S. mainland. Hawaii's importance as a military outpost became critical when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This brought the United States as well as Hawaii into World War II.
Following the war's end in 1945, the state took a long journey toward statehood. On August 21, 1959, Hawaii was admitted to the union as our 50th state.
Mark Twain (an "Amazing American") once called Hawaii "the loveliest fleet of islands that lies in any ocean."
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