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King Kamehameha Day was first observed in 1872 to honor the ruler known as the father of the Hawaiian Kingdom. King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian islands under one rule, and celebrations of his ...
THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM.; THE OLD MINISTRY SURE OF TWO YEARS MORE OF POWER. Give this article. Nov. 23, 1890. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
KAHULUI, Hawaii — Dissipating smoke and ash revealed the sheer devastation that a wildfire left behind in Lahaina Town, one of Hawaii’s most historic cities and onetime capital of the former ...
In 1823, whaling boats and visitors approaching the coast of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui were in for a “singularly romantic and beautiful” sight of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s capital ...
The loss of so much of Lahaina—a cultural heritage center on Maui—is profound. But historians say this is not the first time it has had to endure and evolve.