50 Years 50 Voices

  
Hawai`i's 50 Voices of Statehood will be a year-long endeavor, to include a diverse set of opinions and points of view. Check back weekly to view another perspective of what statehood has meant to the residents of Hawai`i.



Click on the picture to view Tom Moffet's 50 voices for 50 years vignette.
View Frank Delima's vignette.
Click on the picture to view Alice Guild's vignette.
On August 22, 1959, one day after Hawai`i officially became the 50th state in the Union, a photo of six-year-old Leona Ng wearing a ti leaf skirt, sitting on a block of ice holding a 50-star American flag made headlines. Fifty years later, Leona Kalima s
Allen K. Hoe, a Vietnam War veteran and Hawai`i lawyer, is the next Hawai`i resident to discuss the significance of Hawai`i's 50 years of statehood...
In his 50 Voices of Statehood vignette, which is currently airing through April 19, Major General Lee discusses how Hawai`i residents...
View the second part of former Governor John Waihe`e's 50 Voices for 50 years vignette...
Former Governor John D. Waihe`e, III, Hawai`i's fourth Governor since statehood, shares his perspective on the significance of Hawai`i becoming a state...
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Hawai`i's senior senator, is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views as part of the 50 Voices of Statehood series in commemoration of Hawai`i's 50 years of statehood....
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Hawai`i's senior senator, is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views as part of the 50 Voices of Statehood series in commemoration of Hawai`i's 50 years of statehood....
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views as part of the 50 Voices of Statehood...
U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views as part of the 50 Voices of Statehood...
Former Hawai`i County Mayor Harry Kim is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views as part of the 50 Voices of Statehood series in commemoration of Hawai`i's 50 years of statehood...
View Kekuni Blaisdell's vignette.
Former Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano, the fifth governor of the State of Hawai`i, is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views...
Former Governor Benjamin J. Cayetano, the fifth governor of the State of Hawai`i, is the next Hawai`i resident to share his views...
Click on the picture to view Walkter Dodds' vignette.
View part 1 of George Ariyoshi's vignette.
View part 2 George Ariyoshi's vignette.
Click on the picture to view Danny Young's vignette.
Samuel A. Cooke, the great grandson of Amos Cooke, a founder of Castle & Cooke, is the next island resident to share his perspective...
Milton Motooka, whose father served as a member of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, is the next Hawai‘i resident to share his perspective on Hawai‘i’s statehood...
Lucy Gue Hua Lu Ramirez, whose rise from an immigrant from China to a successful businesswoman epitomizes the opportunities made possible since Hawai‘i’s statehood...
...Mrs. Quinn served as the last First Lady of the Territory of Hawai`i from 1957 to 1959 and first First Lady of the State of Hawai`i from 1959 to 1962.
Patricia Saiki, a former school teacher from Hilo who went on to represent Hawai‘i in the United States Congress, will share her perspective on statehood...
Francis Kahou Lum, whose 58-year career with the state included 40 years as the trusted and highly respected chief protocol officer under five Hawai‘i governors...
Stuart Ho, a prominent Hawai‘i business leader and former politician will be the next Hawai‘i resident to share his perspectives on statehood...
Dr. Larry Price, one half of the voice of Hawai‘i’s most recognized radio duo that has been on the morning airwaves for a quarter century...
View Danny Kaleikini's vignette.
View Chester Kahapea's vignette.
Click on the picture to view Ah Quon McElrath's vignette.
34th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1999 - 2003). He is the...
Ret. Judge Jim Burns, former Chief Judge for the Hawai`i Intermediate Court of Appeals. Burns' father, John Burns, served as the delegate for the Territory of Hawai`i...
"Federal funds would be curtailed to a large degree & many programs for the under-privileged would be denied on a territorial-run budget."
Born William W. "Bill" Paty on the island of Oahu, Bill is a product of the Punahou High School and Cornell University...
Dody was just six years old at the time of statehood, but she quickly became the "face" of Hawai`i's statehood when her picture...