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The 50th at 60: Hawaii’s Statehood Anniversary

The 50th at 60: Hawaii’s Statehood Anniversary
A file photo of a beach in Hawaii. The island group celebrates its 60th anniversary as a U.S. state on Aug. 21, 2019. Bettina Nørgaard/Pixabay
Ronald J. Rychlak
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The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii (or Hawaiʻi), will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its statehood on Aug. 21. The “Aloha State” certainly adds to the beauty of the nation and provides a military foothold in the Pacific that’s particularly important now, as in the past, given recent activity on the Korean Peninsula.
Ronald J. Rychlak
Ronald J. Rychlak
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Ronald J. Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten chair in law and government at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of several books, including “Hitler, the War, and the Pope,” “Disinformation” (co-authored with Ion Mihai Pacepa), and “The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East” (co-edited with Jane Adolphe).
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