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^ Since 1983, Massachusetts has had 3 other official state rocks: State Historical Rock (Plymouth Rock), State Explorer Rock (Dighton Rock), and State Building and Monument Stone . In 2008, a State Glacial Rock (Rolling Rock) was designated as well. [82] ^ A measure passed the Oregon Senate in March 1965 naming the thunderegg as Oregon's state ...
A legend existed that if one were to overturn the stone, that man would be granted the power to unify all of Hawaii. King Kamehameha, the eventual conqueror of the Hawaiian Islands, was said to have been influenced by this legend. Some sources [1] state that he was able to move the stone at the age of 14, after a series of failed attempts. [1] [4]
The Flag of Hawaii [1] Seal: The Great Seal of the State of Hawaii [2] Motto "Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono" ("The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") — [3] Popular name "The Aloha State" — [4]
The tradition of Kapaemahu, like all pre-contact Hawaiian knowledge, was orally transmitted. [11] The first written account of the story is attributed to James Harbottle Boyd, and was published by Thomas G. Thrum under the title “Tradition of the Wizard Stones Ka-Pae-Mahu” in the Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1907, [1] and reprinted in 1923 under the title “The Wizard Stones of Ka-Pae ...
Kūkaniloko Birth Site, also known as the Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument, is one of the most important ancient cultural sites on the island of Oʻahu. In 1973, it was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its boundaries were increased in 1995, [ 1 ] after 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land which included the site became a ...
The nēnē is Hawaii's state bird and endemic to the islands. Haleakalā’s famous summit district is roughly two and a half hours away from Kahului, home of Maui’s main airport, ...
Arkansas: still no state fossil in Arkansas, though the state designated Arkansaurus as its state dinosaur. [1] District of Columbia: Capitalsaurus is the state dinosaur of Washington D.C., but the District has not chosen a state fossil. Florida: There is no state fossil in Florida, though agatised coral, which is a fossil, is the state stone ...
By 1929, Hawaii Gov. Wallace R. Farrington proclaimed Lei Day to be May 1. In 1929, a song came out with that name. This year, Cravalho covered the popular song with fellow Hawaiian musician Paula ...