Daily Vignette for 28 November -- Ka Lā Hui, Hawaiian Independence Day

[wcg]

On November 28th 1843, the Kingdom of Hawaii was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation

Comments

[dafydd]

Now I'm off to do research on how Hawaii went from sovereign nation to US state...

[wcg]

Sadly, that was also the work of US business interests.

[browngirl]

I read both this and yesterday's with interest, though I don't have any more sensible comment than "thank you for these", really.

[wcg]

You're welcome. Having read yesterday's, perhaps you now see why I appreciate Col. MacKenzie for his qualities. On the grossest scale, both his action and Custer's were attacks against winter camps. But looked at in detail the way things played out in each one were very different.

[rickvs]

Thanks again for writing these. Finding distilled information anywhere on the intarwebs is ... refreshing.

[wcg]

I used to write "executive summaries" like this for Generals. Might as well spread the wealth around.