[150 years ago this week, Hawaii’s King Kalākaua arrived in Washington, DC for an extended series of events, a defining part of a more than two-month state visit to the US. So this week I’ll AmericanStudy that visit and other Hawaiian histories, leading up to a special post on cultural representations of the islands.]
A quarter-century
after the United States welcomed King Kalākaua with such respect, the federal
government treated another Hawaiian monarch, one who had served
as Queen Regent during his subsequent 1881 world tour, with utter
disrespect. I’ve written at length about the violent overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani and the subsequent
annexation of Hawaii in two pieces, this one for We’re History
and this
one for my Saturday Evening Post Considering History column. So in lieu of a full post today, I’ll
ask you to check out those two interconnected and complementary pieces, and to
help us better remember this pivotal and painful moment in Hawaiian and
American history.
Next
Hawaiian history tomorrow,
Ben
PS. What
do you think? Hawaiian histories or stories you’d highlight?
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