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Kalākaua, the last king of Hawaii, died on January 20, 1891, while visiting in California. President Benjamin Harrison ordered the United States Navy and United States Army to conduct a state funeral in San Francisco. The funeral attracted an estimated 100,000 spectators who lined the streets to watch the cortege pass.
[15] [16] [17] She was also active in Hawaiian Civic Clubs, served on the Hawaiian Homes Commission, served as regent of Hale o Na Alii, and was a lifetime member of the Kaahumanu Society and Daughters of Hawaii. [9] She died of cancer at her home in Waialae, Honolulu, on May 19, 1969. [9] At her request, her funeral was a private ceremony with ...
Veteran Hawaii television newscaster Lynne T. Waters remembered Tomimbang Burns as the only person who welcomed her when she came to Hawaii in 1981 to anchor the KITV news. "The only person who ...
Since the state funeral took place during the recess of the territorial legislature, Kūhiō, Iaukea, William Owen Smith and five other businessmen and politicians borrowed money from the Bank of Hawaii to cover the expenditures. The state funeral cost the territorial government a total of US$8,500 (equivalent to about $202,100 in 2023). [11]
His body was found during a welfare check of his home. “An unattended death investigation has been opened, ” Honolulu Police Department spokesperson Michelle Yu told the Honolulu Star ...
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Fifty years later, Congress authorized a small appropriation to establish a national cemetery in Honolulu with two provisions: that the location be acceptable to the War Department, and that the site would be donated rather than purchased. In 1943, the governor of Hawaii offered the Punchbowl for this purpose.
Actor and former wrestler Taylor Wily, known for his memorable role as Kamekona Tupuola in crime dramas Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., has passed away at the age of 56.. The Hawaii-born star died ...