World History
(King Kamehameha Statue in Honolulu, January 2008)
- 'iolani Palace: Hawaiian Capitol Building
('Iolani Palace, 6 January 2008.)I was very fortunate to have the time to visit 'Iolani Palace during my recent visit to Honolulu, Hawaii. The tour guide who had taken me to Pearl Harbor drove through different parts of Honolulu and he dropped...
- Democracy In Hawaii
Scott Crawford has an interesting post about democracy in Hawaii in Response to Twigg-Smith - Thurston and "Republic" = anti-democratic. In it, he deplores how the Hawaiian Kingdom ended without a democratic vote. Crawford writes, "The truth is that the...
- Battle Of Nu`uanu
The Battle of Nu`uanu was fought in the late 18th century on the Hawaiian island of O?ahu. It was the battle that allowed Kamehameha I to annex the entire island of O'ahu. Wikipedia notes of the battle, "The Nu?uanu Pali was the site of one of the...
- History Of Hawaii
History of Hawaii. This is a decent (although uneven) history of the American state of Hawaii. Of particular interest is the last paragraph which takes aim at the Hawaiian Independence (separatist) Movement. Hawaiian independence from the USA is no more...
- Hawaii's Royalty On Stamps
Hawaii's Royalty on Stamps Brief information about the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Kamehameha kings, and their portrayal on stamps between 1853 and 1892. From the site: The Kingdom of Hawaii issued stamps from 1851 to 1892. Then after a coup, Hawaii's...
World History
Kamehameha Statue
(King Kamehameha Statue in Honolulu, January 2008)On my recent visit to Hawaii, I had the honor of seeing the famous Kamehameha Statue in Honolulu. It is right across the street from 'Iolani Palace which is the only royal palace in the United States. It is featured in the opening of every episode of Hawaii Five-O. However, this statue is just one of four copies.
The different copies:
1. The original statue was commisioned in 1878 and created in Florence, Italy. It was lost in a wreck near the Falkland Islands and later recovered. It now stands at the king's birthplace of Kapa'au in Kohala, on the island of Hawaii.
2. The second statue is the famous one in Honolulu. It was commisioned when the first one was feared lost.
3. Hawaii became a part of the United States after voters there overwhelmingly voted to join the American Union in 1959. A third statue was commisioned and placed near the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. in 1969.
4. A fourth version of the statue is near downtown Hilo at the north end of the Wailoa State Recreation area.
As a young man, Kamehameha had a dream of uniting Hawaii under one ruler. He visualized this person as himself and he was successful. He conquered the various kingdoms then in existence in the Hawaiian Islands and imposed his own rule. Not surprisingly, there are mixed views on the legacy of Kamehameha today. It is only appropriate that there are multiple copies of his statue around America today. I am pleased to have seen the most famous of these statues.
- 'iolani Palace: Hawaiian Capitol Building
('Iolani Palace, 6 January 2008.)I was very fortunate to have the time to visit 'Iolani Palace during my recent visit to Honolulu, Hawaii. The tour guide who had taken me to Pearl Harbor drove through different parts of Honolulu and he dropped...
- Democracy In Hawaii
Scott Crawford has an interesting post about democracy in Hawaii in Response to Twigg-Smith - Thurston and "Republic" = anti-democratic. In it, he deplores how the Hawaiian Kingdom ended without a democratic vote. Crawford writes, "The truth is that the...
- Battle Of Nu`uanu
The Battle of Nu`uanu was fought in the late 18th century on the Hawaiian island of O?ahu. It was the battle that allowed Kamehameha I to annex the entire island of O'ahu. Wikipedia notes of the battle, "The Nu?uanu Pali was the site of one of the...
- History Of Hawaii
History of Hawaii. This is a decent (although uneven) history of the American state of Hawaii. Of particular interest is the last paragraph which takes aim at the Hawaiian Independence (separatist) Movement. Hawaiian independence from the USA is no more...
- Hawaii's Royalty On Stamps
Hawaii's Royalty on Stamps Brief information about the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Kamehameha kings, and their portrayal on stamps between 1853 and 1892. From the site: The Kingdom of Hawaii issued stamps from 1851 to 1892. Then after a coup, Hawaii's...