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Sailors from the USS Boston form an honor guard in front of Iolani Palace during ceremonies annexing the Hawaiian Islands as a United States territory. August 13, 1898. (Photo by Pan Pacific Press/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
Sailors from the USS Boston form an honor guard in front of Iolani Palace during ceremonies annexing the Hawaiian Islands as a United States territory. August 13, 1898. (Photo by Pan Pacific Press/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)