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Hawaii and Alaska.
The American flag has not changed since Hawaii became a state on August 21, 1959
Hawaii was a little island in the middle of the ocean. American buisnessmen took control of it. they turned it into a state.
Hawaii's strategic location for warfare in the Philippines made it especially important to American interests.
It began with American pressure to construct a naval base in Hawaii. It made both military and economic expansion in the Pacific easier. It was annexed shortly after its original government was overthrown in a coup.