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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYV_k-lia-fishponds_Honolulu-HI.html
Had you walked across this road in 1897 you might have landed in Waikĩkĩ's largest fishpond, the Ka'ihikapu, which measured 13 acres. All of today's Fort DeRussy on the mauka (toward the mountain) side of the road was covered with fishpo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D4Z_kaha-ha-699-lo-me-n-257-makani_Honolulu-HI.html
Envisioned on a grand scale, these three awe-inspiring figures in bronze are dancing hula kahiko, the ancient style of Hawaiian dance. The two female dancers, spirits of the wind, represent the dance and chant of Hawaiian hula. Together they are t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CX0_pearl-harbor-panorama-north_Honolulu-HI.html
From this viewpoint along the eastern shore of Pearl Harbor you can see many features associated with the 1941 Japanese attack. The photo was taken in 1991, fifty years after the bombing.
1. Attack Signal-From the cockpit of his bomber over the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWZ_pearl-harbor-panorama-west_Honolulu-HI.html
From this viewpoint along the eastern shore of Pearl Harbor you can see many features associated with the 1941 Japanese attack. The photo was taken in 1991, fifty years after the bombing.
1. Naval Station Signal Tower-From the top of this water…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWX_sunday-morning_Honolulu-HI.html
December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor began routinely. Sailors and marines turned out for church services, morning colors, and chow. They looked forward to off-duty time for recreation, letter-writing, or sleep. It was Sunday in the peacetime Navy.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWW_bombers-over-battleship-row_Honolulu-HI.html
The Japanese raided Pearl Harbor and other military targets on Oahu with carrier-launched aircraft which included fighters, horizontal bombers, torpedo planes, and dive bombers. The planes truck here in two waves, beginning at 7:55 a.m., with a 15…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWQ_island-of-oahu_Honolulu-HI.html
At dawn on 7 December 1941 more than half of the United States Pacific Fleet, approximately 150 vessels and service craft, lay at anchor on alongside piers in Pearl Harbor. All but one of the Pacific fleet's battleships were in port that morning, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15F0_first-hawaiian-printing_Honolulu-HI.html
In a grass house near this site High Chief Keeaumoku pulled the first sheet in the presence of Elisha Loomis, Printer; the Reverend Hiram Bingham; and James Hunnewell, Mission benefactor.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14V5_uss-utah-memorial_Honolulu-HI.html
In the waters ahead lie the mostly submerged remains of USS Utah, a former battleship used for target and gunnery training. Two torpedoes struck the Utah as the Pearl Harbor attack began on December 7, 1941. The ship capsized, trapping dozens of m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14V2_uss-west-virginia-memorial_Honolulu-HI.html
At 0758, 7 December 1941, near this spot at Bert Fox 6the USS West Virginiamoored outboard the USS Tennesseewas damaged and sunk by enemy bombs and torpedoes. As the West Virginia settled to the bottomshe forced the Tennessee against the quaycausi…