Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 18, Number 12, 1 December 2001 — Where were you? [ARTICLE]

Where were you?

Where were you on Nov. 1 1 ? I was honoring our last Mō'ī Wahine, Queen Lydia Lili'uokalani at 'Iolani Palaee. On this day, she passed

away still waiting for justice from America for stealing her/our Sovereign Kingdom of Hawai'i! Our Queen's Protest is stronger than ever! Where were you on Nov. 16? I honored our last Mō'ī Ali'i Nui, His Majesty King David Kalākaua at his statue in Waikīkī at noon, placed a lei at his foot, the only lei, and said a pule to honor and celebrate the "Merrie Monarch's birthday" and condemn the "Bayonet Constitution!" It was King Kalākaua with his people who built 'Iolani Palaee — our center of government for the Kingdom. Why isn't his statue there? Shouldn't it be there, say, maybe, next to his sister? She misses her brother! In these harsh times, we surely ean reunite our last ruling king and queen. Ea! Kū'ē! George Kahumoku Flores Aliamanu