Flag of Hawaii

Hawaii

Ka Hae Hawaiʻi
Use	Civil and state flag
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	December 29, 1845; 179 years ago (1845-12-29)
Design	Eight alternating horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue, with the United Kingdom's Union Flag (ratio 7:16) in the canton.[1]

The Flag of Hawaii, or Hawaiian flag, is the official flag of the U.S. state of Hawaii, consisting of a field of eight horizontal stripes, in the sequence white, red, blue, white, red, blue, white, red with a British Union Jack in the upper-left corner, or canton. It was first adopted in the mid 19th century by the Hawaiian Kingdom and then later on became the official state flag when Hawaii was admitted into the union as the 50th State on the August 21, 1959.

The use of the British Union Jack flag is a legacy of the British Royal Navy's historical relations with the Hawaiian Kingdom and, in particular, the pro-British sentiment of its first ruler, King Kamehameha I. The current design has been in use since December 29, 1845. It was retained during the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, and continued to be used by the Republic of Hawaii and by the Territory of Hawaii when it was a US territory before statehood.

The flag's eight stripes represent the main islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.