It's National Hawaii Day!
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Push aside the hot dogs and burgers and get out the Spam to plan a luau.
Wednesday is National Hawaii Day. It celebrates the day in 1959 when Hawaii became the 50th state in the U.S.
It's been a key location for U.S. military and strategic interests well before becoming a state.
Eight islands make up the Aloha State and it's the only state in the nation with a palace, which was once the royal residence for King Kamehameha.
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