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  • United States information: Hawaii

    Four missionaries were called in 1843 to go to the Sandwich Islands, as they were then known. They stopped instead at Tubuai, one of the southern islands of French Polynesia. In 1846, Sam Brannan and his party of Mormon immigrants aboard the ship Brooklyn stopped in Hawaii, en route to California and the Great Basin.
    Published: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010

  • Country information: Kiribati

    Kiribati, formerly known as the Gilbert Islands, is made up of 36 Micronesian islands in the mid-Pacific where the equator and international dateline meet. It is a republic that became independent in 1979, with Tarawa as its capital. The islands' population speaks Gilbertese and English. About half of the population is Protestant and half is Roman Catholic.
    Published: Friday, Jan. 29, 2010

  • Country information: Marshall Islands

    The Marshall Islands are made up of two atoll chains in the Pacific. Kwajalein is the largest atoll and Majuro is the capital island. The Marshalls became a trusteeship of the United States in 1947 and self-governing republic in 1979.
    Published: Friday, Jan. 29, 2010

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