Yes, it’s a holiday in Hawaii (Statehood Day) as we celebrate and/or observe the 50th anniversary of legally becoming a state. But it’s also another Feline Friday, a regular weekly feature, so time for another gallery of our favorite cats which, it so happens, are the eight that we live with. This is Mr. Romeo. [...]
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[This is a continuation of yesterday's notes of a discussion with several very knowledgeable sources at the State Capitol held on a "not for attribution" basis. To clarify--they agreed to take "on the record" questions after providing an overview of the issues, but once there it seemed to me that airing their more candid comments [...]
August 21. 1959. 10 AM Honolulu, Hawaii Air mail postage was 7 cents. And Hawaii was now a state. Fifty years ago, my mother bought these “First Day of Issue” covers and mailed them to me. Was that done so that, 50 years hence, I would have these small mementos of that moment in island [...]
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