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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1V_victoria-kawekiu-f-lunalilo-kalaninuiahilapalapu-ka-iulani-cleghorn_Honolulu-HI.html
Born to Chiefess Miriam Kapili Likelike (sister to King Kalākaua and Queen Lili'uokalani) and Governor Archibald Scott Cleghorn. She was the only child born to the last ruling dynasty of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Princess Ka'iulani and her pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZ6_fleet-admiral-chester-w-nimitz-usn_Honolulu-HI.html
He was aggressive in war without hate; he never forgot that he was dealing with human beings, on both sides of the conflict. (E.R. Potter, 1976)
Born to Frederickburg, Texas in 1885, Chester W. Nimitz was accepted into the United States naval A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZ1_the-beaches-of-waikiki_Honolulu-HI.html
Princess Lili'uokalani enjoyed spending time with Robert Louis Stevenson on Waikiki in "earnest conversation", Feb 3, 1889
This section of Waikikik Beach contains four distinct areas: Outrigger Canoe Club, San Souci, Kapi'olani Park and Queen's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYZ_waikiki_Honolulu-HI.html
Waikiki means "spouting water" because it was a vast marshland fed by many streams. You are in fact standing on what was the mouth of an old stream, the Kuekaunahi. From ancient times Waikiki has been a popular surfing spot which is one of the rea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYY_prince-jonah-kuhio-kalaniana-ole_Honolulu-HI.html
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole, the son of High Chiefess Kekaulike Kinoiki II and High Chief David Kahalepouli Pi'ikoi, was born on March 26, 1871 at Ho'ai, Kaua'i. His mother died soon after his birth and he and his two older brothers were hana…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYX_the-stones-of-life_Honolulu-HI.html
Legend says these stones are the living legacy of four powerful Tahitian healers who once resided near this site at a place called Ulukon. From the court of the Tahitian chief, the names of the four were Kapaemahu, Kapuani, Kinohi, and Kahaloa. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DYW_the-first-lady-of-waikiki_Honolulu-HI.html
The Moana Hotel opened on March 11, 1901 as Waikiki's first hotel. Affectionately called "The First Lady of Waikiki," this iconic resort embraces true Hawaiin hospitality. Walter Chamberlain Peacock, the original owner of the Moana Hotel, opened i…
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…