The Aloha State: (Official Popular Name) This official Popular Name - “The Aloha State” was designated in 1959 by the Legislature of the State. This was adopted in the same year Hawaii became a state.

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Some facts about Hawaii from Hawaii’s Offical Tourism Site

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I found this great source of information for kids and for Hawaii vacation planners.

Virtually Hawaii provides what we call “Virtual Field Trips“, which take you on different tours around the islands. The objective is to show you parts of Hawaii from space and the air, and then to show you ground photos of points of interest. While these trips have a strong geology flavor (the Virtually Hawaii Team has many geologists as members), we hope these tours will be used by educators at grade schools and community colleges for a variety of other types of projects. We have also found that many of our visitors who sign our Guest Book find these Virtual Field Trips to be useful in planning vacations in Hawaii.

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