Because Lincoln believed that the South had never legally seceded from the Union, his plan for Reconstruction was based on forgiveness. He thus issued the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863 to announce his intention to reunite the once-united states.
Hawaii has been a state of the US since 1959. So it has been 57 since Hawaii has become a state.
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First place ever was where the settlers came in...Rhode island
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