The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Hawaii" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of Hawaii">Hawaiian flag</a> is lowered from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ʻIolani_Palace" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ʻIolani Palace">ʻIolani Palace</a> in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag of the United States">flag of the United States</a> to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Hawaii" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Hawaii">Republic of Hawaii</a> to the United States where it is formally recognized as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>.