Today is Prince Kuhio Day, a State of Hawaii holiday. In the entirety of the 50 states, there are only two holidays in honor of royalty, both Hawaiian. King Kamehameha I, or Kamehameha the Great, was the first king of Hawaii. June 11 is that second holiday.
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David Kawananakea Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Piiloi was born on March 26, 1871, and died in 1922 at the age of 50 from heart disease. Why is he so important? Well, Kuhio lived quite a life.
David Kawananakea Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Piiloi was born on March 26, 1871, and died in 1922 at the age of 50 from heart disease. Why is he so important? Well, Kuhio lived quite a life.
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In 1891, King David Kalakaua passed away, and his sister, Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha, became Queen Lili’uoakalani. She composed the words to “Aloha Oe.” The melody came from George Frederick Root’s 1854 song "There's Music in the Air.” Many favored early songs borrowed the music from elsewhere, as, for example, “Son’s of Hawaii,” the Kamehameha High School alma mater, came from a Yale Glee Club repertoire, where the original can be further traced to…? Our “Star-Spangled Banner” used music from a British drinking song. But I digress.
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The Queen was deposed in 1893 when Prince Kuhio was in line to become the next king. In 1895 he participated in an uprising to overthrow Sanford Dole’s (no, his cousin James founded Dole Foods) Republic of Hawaii to reinstate Queen Lili’uoakalani, but the effort failed, and Kuhio was convicted and imprisoned for a year. In self-imposed exhile, he joined the British Army to fight in the South African Boer War, finally returning to Hawaii in 1902. He joined the Republican Party and was elected delegate to Congress, serving until 1921.
The Queen was deposed in 1893 when Prince Kuhio was in line to become the next king. In 1895 he participated in an uprising to overthrow Sanford Dole’s (no, his cousin James founded Dole Foods) Republic of Hawaii to reinstate Queen Lili’uoakalani, but the effort failed, and Kuhio was convicted and imprisoned for a year. In self-imposed exhile, he joined the British Army to fight in the South African Boer War, finally returning to Hawaii in 1902. He joined the Republican Party and was elected delegate to Congress, serving until 1921.
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He is credited with the dredging of Pearl Harbor, establishment of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1921 that set aside land to be settled by Hawaiians. The Federal Building in Honolulu is named after him. Yes, he deserves the holiday called Prince Kuhio Day.
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