HRS §6E-37
National Statuary Hall; Father Damien
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says Hawaii officially chooses Father Damien as one of its citizens to be honored in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall. It is a formal designation, not a set of rules for residents.
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The statute, as written — National statuary hall; Father Damien
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
The State of Hawaii exercises its prerogative pursuant to section 2 of "An Act making appropriation for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the Thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and sixty-five and for other Purposes" (Act of July 2, 1864 of the Thirty-Eighth Congress, Section 1814 of the Revised Statutes) and designates the Reverend Joseph Damien deVeuster, SS. CC., as a citizen of Hawaii worthy of commemoration in the national statuary hall.
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