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Why does the Hawaiian state flag include a Union Jack/Flag ?

April 26, 2017FLAG government Hawaiian Jack politics State Union

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Why does the Hawaiian state flag include a Union Jack/Flag ?

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According to the state of Hawaii website: “The flag of the state is the flag designed prior to 1816 for King Kamehameha I. It has served as the flag of the Kingdom, Republic, Territory and State of Hawai‘i. It consists of eight horizontal stripes (representing the eight islands) that are alternately white, red, and blue, beginning with the top, with the British Union Jack in the upper left corner. The Union Jack might have been included out of consideration for Vancouver who gave the islands their first flag when King Kamehameha I placed the islands under the protection of Great Britain.