Showing posts with label Honolulu Hawaii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Honolulu Hawaii. Show all posts

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Machinist Mate First Class George Hanson to be returned to Laramie.

From the Casper Star Tribune:

The remains of a Laramie sailor who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma during the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will be reburied in Wyoming later this year.


The sailor is Machinist Mate First Class George Hanson, who was serving on board the USS Oklahoma.  He was 32 years old at the time of his death on board his ship.


Friday, June 28, 2013

Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi, Honolulu Hawaii


This is a statue of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi on Wakiki Beach in Honolulu Hawaii.  He was a prince of the Hawaiian royalty at the time of the royalty's overthrow and went on to become an elected representative for the Hawaiian Territory to the U.S. Congress.as a member of the Republican Party, which he switched to after being a significant figure in the Hawaiian Home Rule Party.

Victoria Kaʻiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn, Honolulu Hawaii



This is a monument to Victoria Kaʻiulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Kawekiu i Lunalilo Cleghorn, Crown Princess of Hawaii, who notably tried to preserve the Hawaiin monarchy and preserve Hawaiian independence.  Her health declined in the effort and she ultimately died after coming down with pneumonia following being caught in a rain storm while out riding a horse.  Educated in England, and weakened by her efforts, she was never able to regain a physical accommodation to her native land.

She was universally regarded as presenting a lovely appearnace, and this poor photograph does not do her justice.