Hundreds Protest Statehood Celebration
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Not everyone in Hawaii is celebrating statehood.
An estimated one thousand protestors rallied in front of the Hawaii Convention Center Friday.
Demonstrations included setting fire to the 50th star on the American flag.
Close to a dozen Hawaiian independence groups marched together to protest the admission of Hawaii into the U.S.
From Ala Moana Beach Park to the Hawaii Convention Center about a thousand protestors marched along the sidewalk and street Friday morning.
Many people from different backgrounds and differing beliefs but all united for a few hours with one message.
“Hawaii is a sovereign nation yeah!” protestors said.
“What we are trying to say is that those last 50 years have been built on the backs of somebody else,” Hawaiian Independence Alliance Lynette Cruz said.
“Bring the truth out about the illegal overthrow of our queen,” Hawaiian Sovereignty
Advocate and Musician Palani Vaughan said.
Protestors carried a figure of Uncle Sam then beat it with sticks and ti-leaves and cut out the 50th star from the American flag then burned it.
“This fight has been going on for quite a while and you know we've been censored and I have been from time to time, but I won’t stop,” Vaughan said.
Many say admitting Hawaii into the union was illegal and violated international law, protesters chose to express their frustrations and vent these feelings on a day they will not celebrate.
“There’s hurt there, there’s a bad history and people has forgotten about it,” Cruz said.
Many say they hope Hawaii will one day become an independent nation.
“I think not only is it possible but there’s no way that it can not happen,” Cruz said.
Including some who are not of Native Hawaiian decent.
“For myself I advocate their independence of course, who would support the suppression of any people,” Advocate for Homeless Eileen Joyce said.
“I will not till my dieing breath give up this fight,” Vaughan said.
March organizers say it was not their intention to burn the star from the American flag; they had planned to cut it out and send it to President Obama.
An estimated one thousand protestors rallied in front of the Hawaii Convention Center Friday.
Demonstrations included setting fire to the 50th star on the American flag.
Close to a dozen Hawaiian independence groups marched together to protest the admission of Hawaii into the U.S.
From Ala Moana Beach Park to the Hawaii Convention Center about a thousand protestors marched along the sidewalk and street Friday morning.
Many people from different backgrounds and differing beliefs but all united for a few hours with one message.
“Hawaii is a sovereign nation yeah!” protestors said.
“What we are trying to say is that those last 50 years have been built on the backs of somebody else,” Hawaiian Independence Alliance Lynette Cruz said.
“Bring the truth out about the illegal overthrow of our queen,” Hawaiian Sovereignty
Advocate and Musician Palani Vaughan said.
Protestors carried a figure of Uncle Sam then beat it with sticks and ti-leaves and cut out the 50th star from the American flag then burned it.
“This fight has been going on for quite a while and you know we've been censored and I have been from time to time, but I won’t stop,” Vaughan said.
Many say admitting Hawaii into the union was illegal and violated international law, protesters chose to express their frustrations and vent these feelings on a day they will not celebrate.
“There’s hurt there, there’s a bad history and people has forgotten about it,” Cruz said.
Many say they hope Hawaii will one day become an independent nation.
“I think not only is it possible but there’s no way that it can not happen,” Cruz said.
Including some who are not of Native Hawaiian decent.
“For myself I advocate their independence of course, who would support the suppression of any people,” Advocate for Homeless Eileen Joyce said.
“I will not till my dieing breath give up this fight,” Vaughan said.
March organizers say it was not their intention to burn the star from the American flag; they had planned to cut it out and send it to President Obama.
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