REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR IN WORLD WAR I?

By Juan Montoya
Call us sticklers for details or just a bunch of nitpickers, but we just couldn't help but notice that there might be a teeny, weenie mistake on the Junior League map of Wars of the 20-21 Centuries.
The map is located on the backside of the wall of the Veterans Memorial Park off Cenetral Blvd. next to the Central Public Library.
The legend on the left bears the list of wars that the United States has been involved in like WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Operation Freedom, etc. An icon, for example a gray circle signifies that battles of the First World War took place in the different spots on the map. Europe, for example, is filled with gold stars that depicts where the major battle took place in WWII.If you look closely at the string of islands off the Pacific side of the United States, you'll notice what looks like Hawaii. However, instead of a gold star signifying it was the scene of a battle in WWII (Remember Pearl Harbor), it has a graqy spot marking it as a battle of WWI.
Now, after a a cursory search on the Internet, we found that the U.S annexed Hawaii before WWI in 1898 but did not make it a state at that time. The Hawaiian monarchy was afraid of European dominance in their islands, so in 1875 King Kamahama III placed his kingdom under U.S protection and allowed the U.S to established military bases on Oahu.
In 1873 sugar became an intrest so once again the U.S. overthrew Queen Liliuokalani for their intrests. In 1900 Hawaii was granted the right to self governance and continued to be a U.S. territory with govenship held by the monarchy for over 60 years.
It wasn't untill after WWII in 1959 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor that Hawaii was signed as the 50th state.
Now, nowhere did we find that any WWI battles ever took place in Hawaii, but in fact, Hawaiians did serve with British and U.S. armies.The Territorial War Commission estimated that over 10,000 men and women served overseas as soldiers and sailors. They were also Red Cross workers, ambulance drivers and missionaries. They patroled the harbors, entertained troops and bought war bonds.
But, alas, no WWI battles were ever fought in Hawaii.
Was the notation of these battles a simple oversight? Or can a Junior League member please set us straight?