Prince Kuhio was much loved
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Prince Kuhio was much loved
Since 1949, March 26 has been a holiday in the islands. The Hawaii Territorial Legislature established the holiday in honor of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole.
The man who became known as the "Citizen Prince" was born on March 26, 1871, at Koloa, Kauai, the youngest of three sons of High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi and Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike.
He was educated at the Royal School, set up to educate the children of royalty in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He also studied at Punahou School, set up by Protestant missionaries, during the short time it was known as Oahu College.
Prince Kuhio was known as an athlete, excelling at football, track and as a master of lua, a form of Hawaiian wrestling. His education also included St. Matthew's College in San Mateo, Calif., and the Royal Agricultural College in England. He spent a year in jail for his part in an attempt to restore the monarchy in 1895.
During the years that the islands were a U.S. territory, the islands were represented in Congress by elected delegates whose only political power was the power of persuasion. Territorial delegates had no vote and the governor of the territory was appointed by the president of the United States.
By popular vote, Prince Kuhio was elected as a Republican to Congress where he served from 1903 to 1922. He is credited with persuading Congress to appropriate $27 million for dredging and constructing Pearl Harbor, constructing the Makapuu Point Lighthouse, the Territorial Building in Honolulu and the Hilo wharf. He also is credited with the creation of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
In 1919, a little more than a year after the death of Hawaii's last reigning monarch, Queen Lili'uokalani, Prince Kuhio introduced the first Congressional resolution calling for Hawaii to become a state.
Prince Kuhio's successful fight to establish the Hawaiian Homes Commission in 1920 was prompted by a desire to get Native Hawaiians out of urban slums and back on the land where they could farm and live.
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole died on Jan. 7, 1922, at the age of 50. He was buried, after the last royal funeral in Hawaii, at the Royal Mausoleum in Nuuanu on Oahu.
Kuhio Shores condos and Prince Kuhio Park on the south shore of Kauai were named after him.
Prince Kuhio was much loved
Since 1949, March 26 has been a holiday in the islands. The Hawaii Territorial Legislature established the holiday in honor of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole.
The man who became known as the "Citizen Prince" was born on March 26, 1871, at Koloa, Kauai, the youngest of three sons of High Chief David Kahalepouli Piikoi and Princess Kinoiki Kekaulike.
He was educated at the Royal School, set up to educate the children of royalty in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He also studied at Punahou School, set up by Protestant missionaries, during the short time it was known as Oahu College.
Prince Kuhio was known as an athlete, excelling at football, track and as a master of lua, a form of Hawaiian wrestling. His education also included St. Matthew's College in San Mateo, Calif., and the Royal Agricultural College in England. He spent a year in jail for his part in an attempt to restore the monarchy in 1895.
During the years that the islands were a U.S. territory, the islands were represented in Congress by elected delegates whose only political power was the power of persuasion. Territorial delegates had no vote and the governor of the territory was appointed by the president of the United States.
By popular vote, Prince Kuhio was elected as a Republican to Congress where he served from 1903 to 1922. He is credited with persuading Congress to appropriate $27 million for dredging and constructing Pearl Harbor, constructing the Makapuu Point Lighthouse, the Territorial Building in Honolulu and the Hilo wharf. He also is credited with the creation of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
In 1919, a little more than a year after the death of Hawaii's last reigning monarch, Queen Lili'uokalani, Prince Kuhio introduced the first Congressional resolution calling for Hawaii to become a state.
Prince Kuhio's successful fight to establish the Hawaiian Homes Commission in 1920 was prompted by a desire to get Native Hawaiians out of urban slums and back on the land where they could farm and live.
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole died on Jan. 7, 1922, at the age of 50. He was buried, after the last royal funeral in Hawaii, at the Royal Mausoleum in Nuuanu on Oahu.
Kuhio Shores condos and Prince Kuhio Park on the south shore of Kauai were named after him.
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