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.

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 ...

A 150-year-old banyan tree rises amid the wildfire wreckage, scorched by the blaze, Aug. 10, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Rick Bowmer / AP Before and after pictures show wildfire damage in Lahaina ...

Sisters Julie Schwab, left, and Jean Smith posed for a photo Friday at Revetment 12 at the Barbers Point Horse Stables, mimicking a photo of their World War II Marine veteran father, Brady Smith ...

Farida Mahama, the lastborn of President John Dramani Mahama and First Lady Lordina Mahama, shared an old picture from her childhood onto her Instagram stories In the picture, she rocked a ...

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 ...

A top tourist attraction, Lahaina once was the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, beloved by its kings and queens, as well as whaling ship crews and missionaries, according to the National Park Service.

Lahaina is a historically significant place in Native Hawaiian history. The Maui town was once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom and has been the home of important sites for centuries. But as ...

Lahaina, a historic town that once was the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, has been largely reduced to ash as wildfires continued to rip through the state Wednesday.

Lahaina's banyan tree providing shade from the sun in January 2016 anouchka via Getty Images. Once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Lahaina was favored by royalty, whalers and missionaries ...