Happy Hawaii Statehood Day 8/19/2016 - General Tiki

M mikehooker Grand Member (3 years) Austin Joined: Jul 17, 2014 Posts: 1211	M mikehooker Posted posted on Sat, Aug 20, 2016 3:57 PM I just sold a vintage globe in my store and we were trying to date it based on what countries have merged, changed names or otherwise no longer exist. My guess was it was from the 50s and I noticed it had "Territory of Hawaii" rather than it being the State of Hawaii and remembered I had just seen this thread so looked up the Statehood date which was August 21st, 1959. So the globe pre-dates that. Pretty cool to use Hawaii as the reference point. And interesting to learn here that it's celebrated on the third Friday as tomorrow is the actual anniversary.

I just sold a vintage globe in my store and we were trying to date it based on what countries have merged, changed names or otherwise no longer exist. My guess was it was from the 50s and I noticed it had "Territory of Hawaii" rather than it being the State of Hawaii and remembered I had just seen this thread so looked up the Statehood date which was August 21st, 1959. So the globe pre-dates that. Pretty cool to use Hawaii as the reference point. And interesting to learn here that it's celebrated on the third Friday as tomorrow is the actual anniversary.

Post #767670 by mikehooker on Sat, Aug 20, 2016 3:57 PM