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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXIT_afong-villa_Honolulu-HI.html
On this site stood the villa of Chun Afong, Hawai?i's first Chinese millionaire, who arrivedin Honolulu in 1849. By 1855, he had made hisfortune in retailing, real estate, sugar and rice, and for a long time held the governmentmonopoly opium licen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHW9_brothers-in-valor-memorial_Honolulu-HI.html
Honoring the World War II Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Military Intelligence Service, and the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion.
"Veterans who served in these units, which are d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJH_rainbow-mural_Honolulu-HI.html
This Rainbow Mural, tallest in the world, 286 feet high, 26 feet wide, comprises 8,046 pieces of hand-painted ceramic tile created for the Hilton Tower by Millard Sheets. Dedicated by Conrad N. Hilton and Fritz B. Burns. November 8, 1968.
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/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…