| The State Flag was
adopted from the official flag of the Kingdom of Hawai`i.
It has eight stripes in white, red and blue representing the
eight major islands. The field is patterned after the
Union Jack of Great Britain reflecting the respect that Hawaii's
leaders had for the English. It is the only U.S. state
flag to have flown over a kingdom, a territory, a republic,
and a state.
Hawaii Revised Statutes
Section 5-19. Description of
the Hawaiian flag. The official description of the
Hawaiian flag as authorized to represent the State of Hawaii
on land and sea, and authorized for executive state agencies,
second to the stars and stripes of the United States shall
be:
- The Hawaiian flag shall consist
of eight horizontal stripes, alternately white, red, blue,
etc., beginning at the top, having a jack cantoned in the
dexter chief angle next to the point of suspension;
- The jack shall consist of
a blue field charged with a compound saltire (crossing)
of alternate tincture white and red, the white having precedence;
a narrow edge of white borders each red side of the saltire;
- A red cross bordered with
white is charged (placed) over all;
- The proportion shall be as
follows:
(A) The fly (length) is twice
the hoist (width);
(B) The jack is half the
hoist (width) in breadth and 7-16 the fly in length;
(C) The arms of the red cross
with border shall be equal in width to one of the horizontal
stripes; the white border shall be one-third the width of
the red cross;
(D) The arms of the compound
saltire (crossing) are equal in width to the red cross,
the tinctures white, red, and the border being in the proportion
of 3, 2, 1, respectively.
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