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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8T2_king-david-kal-257-kaua_Honolulu-HI.html
(tablet on back of base)David Kalākaua was born on November 16, 1836. He succeeded to the throne on February 12, 1874, and ruled with his queen, Kapi?olani. King Kalākaua was the catalyst for the revival and flowering of Hawaiian intelle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8SX_king-kamehameha-i_Honolulu-HI.html
King Kamehameha I (c. 1758-1819) is generally recognized as the most important figure in Hawaiian history. He was a wise ruler who enacted laws to protect the defenseless and to bring order to the newly united kingdom. An astute statesman, he enco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8SL_aliiolani-hale_Honolulu-HI.html
Originally designed as a palace, it was built by Kamehameha V to house the legislature, courts and cabinet offices of the Kingdom. He died not long after laying the cornerstone and the building was given his name Aliiolani. It was formally opened …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8QD_father-damien_Honolulu-HI.html
Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. —John 15:13
Born a farmer's son at Tremeloo, Belgium, January 3, 1840. Damien joined the Missionary Congregation of the Sacred Heart and was ordained a Roman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KY_mahiole_Honolulu-HI.html
Ancient Hawaii was governed by a sharply defined caste system. The kings were the highest authority. Chiefs, or Alii, ruled over sections of the land at the pleasure of the kings. At times there was a king for each of the major islands in the Hawa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KU_kuroda-field_Honolulu-HI.html
Named in honor of Staff Sergeant Robert T. Kuroda, 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
On 20 October 1944, during the battle of Bruyeres, France, Sergeant Kuroda led his squad in an attack against a strongly defended enemy position. He deployed his s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8K2_kawehewehe_Honolulu-HI.html
From olden times Waikīkī was viewed not only as a place of peace and hospitality, but of healing.There was great mana (spiritual power) in Waikīkī. Powerful kahuna la?au lapa?au (or physicians) lived here. Throughout the 19thce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8JW_fort-derussy_Honolulu-HI.html
This green expanse in the middle of Waikīkī is Fort DeRussy, named in honor of Brigadier General Rene E. DeRussy, Corps of Engineers, whoserved with distinction in the American—British War of 1812. It was started in 1908as vital Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8JE_the-story-of-k-257-lia_Honolulu-HI.html
Chief Ma?likūkāhi, who reigned over the island of Oahu in the mid-1400s, resided in Waikīkī and used it as his seat of government. He was greatly loved by his subjects who enjoyed unprecedented peace and prosperity. Ali?i (roya…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8JB_the-ala-wai-canal_Honolulu-HI.html
Ala Wai (freshwater way) Canal wasat the heart of the Waikīkī Reclamation Project launched in the early 1900s "toreclaim an unsanitary and most unsightly portion of the city." The duck farms and the millions of mosquitoes that stagnant p…