Image:Flag of Hawaii.svg
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Flag_of_Hawaii.svg (SVG file, nominally 1,280 × 640 pixels, file size: 5 KB)
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Media:hawaii.ogg Although Hawaii has never been a British possession, the Union Jack in the top left corner of the flag represents the role the United Kingdom has played in Hawaii's history.
The flag of Hawaii.
Specification
Source: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol01_ch0001-0042f/hrs0005/hrs_0005-0019.htm
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.
Licensing
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This image is a U.S. state, federal district, or insular area flag. Such flags are in the public domain. |
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File history
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| current | 22:36, 23 September 2006 | 1,280×640 (5 KB) | Zscout370 | (I was emailed a brand new construction sheet by the Hawaiian Government, changes made based on that sheet.) |
| 12:13, 3 July 2006 | 1,200×600 (2 KB) | Yaddah | (Reverted to earlier revision) | |
| 12:13, 3 July 2006 | 1,200×600 (2 KB) | Yaddah | (*** More strict interpretation of the flag spec. This version not intended for display; it will immediately be overwritten with the version immediately before this one.) | |
| 00:25, 27 June 2006 | 1,200×600 (2 KB) | Yaddah | (Code optimization; specifications to http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol01_ch0001-0042f/hrs0005/hrs_0005-0019.htm which specify a 4:7 canton on a 1:2 flag overall.) | |
| 06:35, 9 February 2006 | 1,500×750 (4 KB) | Denelson83 | (Correct elemental dimensions) | |
| 16:13, 16 September 2005 | 1,000×500 (4 KB) | Dbenbenn | (from http://openclipart.org/clipart/signs_and_symbols/flags/america/united_states/usa_hawaii.svg by Rob Adams, PD) |
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