Kuhio helped shape modern Hawai'i


Margaret Boyd has a commentary in the Advertiser about the life of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalani-ana'ole, whose birthday (1871) is celebrated today.

Following the illegal fake revolution of 1893, Prince Kuhio was arrested by the oligarchy for his role in an attempt to restore the queen to the Hawaiian throne, jailed, tried and convicted and forced to do hard labor for several months. When he was released, he left Hawai'i with his new wife to live in voluntary exile.

The article summarizes his accomplishments after he returned to Hawai'i and became politically active under the imposed American occupation: "He was called Ke Ali'i Maka'ainana, the Citizen Prince. Among his accomplishments were the Hawaiian Homestead Commission Act of 1921, his most brilliant success; establishing the Order of Kamehameha and the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu; supporting national legislation in regard to the sugar industry to benefit the economy of the Islands; encouraging the development of Pearl Harbor; success in having the National Parks Service extend its programs to Hawai'i; supporting and helping to establish county governments on each island, and making certain that the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, giving women the right to vote, also applied to Hawai'i."


Posted: Fri - March 26, 2004 at 08:09 AM    
   
 
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