Many think of 1776 as the defining year of American history, when we became a nation devoted to the pursuit of happiness through self- government.
In Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell argues that 1898 might be a year just as defining, when, in an orgy of imperialism, the United States annexed Hawai`i, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded first Cuba, then the Philippines, becoming an international superpower practically overnight.
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Another Book that perpetuates the Lie that there was an Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom!
The Hawaiian Kingdom as been under the Occupation of the United States since that "Day of Infamy" of January 16, 1893!
Long Live The Hawaiian Kingdom, o Pomaikaiokalani, Hawaiian National Royalist 1993
Hawaiians have NO idea of how much Aloha the whole world has for them.
The Hawaiians think that "pressuring" their enemy is un- Christian.
Gandhi knew how to APPLY PRESSURE.
After what happened in 1898 United States became the Most Evil Empire that it is today! Replacing England as that Empire!
FREE HAWAII, o Pomai