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Happy Birthday to Aunty Nalani! What a beautiful location for a great event! It was almost like being there could you pass the pupu tray? Your write-ups and photographs are always superior! Will be on Oahu in November and request you recommend your favorite place for oxtail soup.

Man,I miss The Columbia Inn who had the best oxtail soup; in my opinion. Good stuff. Very nice broth. Dipped in the vinegar shoyu, etc. We were honored to have been present at this gala celebration and it was every bit as beautiful and ONO as you described. A truly wonderful evening for a wonderful lady. Wow, Pomai… Outstanding coverage.. Lovely descriptions.. Glad we were dining next to each other. Wonderful getting to know you and both Theo and I are so impressed with your photos and memories of a glorious evening.

I guess you must have been too excited to take a picture of the Bentrly? Wonderful to see your Mom Dutchie and to sit with Tina and her husband. Keep in touch now that you have my e mail.. Looking for yours.. You are Blessed with a very good eye for taking pictures.. Thank you again for putting this together now I can print it and have memories of that evening.

Much love and hugs.. What fun that evening.. Aloha and Mahalo.. Aunty Nalani sent it to me.. Love, Moa. Jessie certainly outdid himself with all the secret planning he went through. He did have some outstanding assistance. The food was wonderful, the ambience extraordinary, and spending time with so many of our family and friends that we had not seen in a very long time was just awesome.

Thank you for including me in the most memorable time. Aunties, uncles and everyone, thanks for the kind comments. Congress of the Tariff Act of , which ended the favored status of sugar imported from Hawaii, raised import rates on foreign sugar, and crippled the Hawaiian sugar industry.

Facing economic hardship and potential loss of power, American missionaries, business entrepreneurs, and European and American politicians began to seriously consider the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and annexation of the islands by the U. If the Hawaiian Islands became a U.

Backed by the U. In , Queen Lili'uokalani, who had been made to give up her throne and was living at her personal residence, Washington Place , was arrested and tried for purportedly aiding in the short-lived attempt to restore the monarchy, which was known as the " Counter-Revolution in Hawaii.

The sentence was commuted and she was placed under house arrest at 'Iolani Palace. She was made to live in one bedroom on the second floor and was allowed one lady-in-waiting during the day, but no visitors.

After a year she was allowed to return to Washington Place. After the overthrow of the monarchy, 'Iolani Palace became the Executive Building for the new provisional government which inventoried the buildings contents, returned private property, and auctioned off whatever furniture deemed unsuitable for government use. During World War II, it served as the temporary headquarters for the military governor of the islands. In the s after years of neglect, the Palace had fallen into disrepair.

In , the State government moved to a newly constructed capitol building adjacent to the Palace grounds and, after 87 years of continuous use, 'Iolani Palace ceased to be the capitol of the Hawaiian Islands. The Friends of 'Iolani Palace oversaw an extensive restoration of the building in the 's, bringing the palace back to its 19th century splendor based on research conducted and funded by the Junior League of Honolulu.

When the restoration was complete in , 'Iolani Palace was opened to the public as a museum. The grounds around the Palace are thought to have been the site of an ancient heiau place of worship. Today, they contain lovely native plants as well as several structures including The Coronation Pavilion, built for the coronation of King Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani; The Royal Tomb built in and used for forty years to house the remains of Hawaii's monarchs, consorts, and important ali'i chiefs ; The Kanaina Old Archive Building, built in as the first building in the U.

Lili'uokalani continued to live at Washington Place until , when weapons were discovered buried in the gardens at the house. She was subsequently arrested at Washington Place and tried for aiding in the short-lived attempt to restore the monarchy known as the " Counter-Revolution in Hawaii. The sentence was commuted and she was placed under house arrest at Iolani Palace.

She was made to live in one bedroom and was allowed one lady-in-waiting during the day, but no visitors. While under house arrest, Lili'uokalani abdicated her throne in return for the release and commutation of death sentences of her jailed supporters. Lili'uokalani was released in , after completing one year of house arrest at Iolani Palace, and was allowed to return to Washington Place where she endured five more months of house arrest before being given a full pardon.

She continued to live at Washington Place and serve as the leader of her people until her death at the house in The United States annexed Hawaii in and made it a U. After the death of Queen Lili'uokalani, Washington Place became the executive mansion of the territorial governors from until Hawaii became a State in , and after that served as the state governor's home until In , Washington Place became a historic house museum.

Link to National Register Nomination. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of , the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.

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