Hawaii 78 T-Shirt

HAWAII 78, designed in athletic fashion it is a symbol of independence in reference to the constitutional convention of Hawaii in 1978. The constitutional changes made attempts to make good on reparations to the wrongs of the overthrow of 1893 by state government acknowledging the official language as Hawaiian, establishing Office of Hawaiian Affairs to lay the ground work to establish a legal government and collect / distribute funds assigned to indigenous Hawaiians, it also set in motion the repatriation of Kaho'olawe from the federal government. In lyrics by Kawika Crowely; cover by Isreal Kamakawiwaole, the state and kingdom motto: Ua mau ke ea o ka `âina i ka pono `o Hawai'i Being perpetuated (is) the sovereignty of the land to righteousness/ to balance, Hawai`i