Replies

To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hawaii was granted statehood in 1952, so by ‘61 it was a state. Maybe the article’s author was thinking of Goldwater?

20 posted on 08/15/2010 7:57:54 PM PDT by DBrow

To: DBrow

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states (August 21, 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii

27 posted on 08/15/2010 8:02:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)

To: DBrow

I think it became a state in 1959. January 3, 1959- Alaska becomes the 49th State. http://hawaii.gov/statehood/history

71 posted on 08/15/2010 8:36:30 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794