Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 1, 1 January 2010 — Ke Kuini Emalani ko luna [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Ke Kuini Emalani ko luna

Alohaenā 'ōiwi 'ōlino i keia makahiki a me keia kekeke hou. Eaeh Jan. 2, our community takes time to commemorate in Nu'uanu at Mauna'ala (the Royal Mausoleum), the birth of Emma Kalanikaumakaamano Nae'a, born to parents George Nae'a, and Fanny Kekelaokalani Young in 1836, but raised by adoptive parents Dr. Charles Byde Rooke and her mother's sister Grace Kama ' iku ' i Young . At 6 years old Emma began

a seven-year attendance at the Chief 's Children's School and from 1849-1854 she was home tutored. At 18, she was engaged to Alexander Liholiho, marrying him two years later, in 1856, at Kawaiaha'o Church. In 1857, upon the death of her Unele Keoni Ana, Emma inherited Hānaiakamalama in Nu'uanu. In 1858, son Prince Albert was bom, and her adoptive father Dr. Rooke died. In 1859, Emma and Alexander opened the Queen's Hospital temporary facility on King Street and a year later, 1860, laid the comerstone of Queen's Hospital at the Punehhowl site. Prince Albert passed in 1862, the same year the Anglican mission in Hawai'i began; and within a year, in 1863, Queen Emma lost King Kamehameha IV on Nov. 30, the day Kamehameha V ascended the throne. In 1865, Queen Emma departed Honolulu for England, Europe and the United States. Tlie Ali'i DipIomatic Missions And Other Business Travel to Washington, D.C., Phase II, compiled by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Washington, D.C., Bureau in partnership with Ke Ali'i Maka'āinana Hawaiian Civic Club, notes that the full duration of her travels to Europe and the continental U.S. was May 6, 1865, to Oct. 22, 1866, of whieh Aug. 13-22, 1886, were days spent in Washington, D.C. "The purpose of Emma's trip was to gain support for the Anglican cause in Hawai'i and to raise funds to build a cathedral as a memorial to her late husband." "In May 1865 Queen Emma left Honolulu for England." En route she visited

Aeapuleo, Panama City and St. Thomas. "She then continued her travels visiting France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Ireland, before sailing from Ireland on July 30, 1866, aboard the steamship Java. On Aug. 8, 1866, Queen Emma arrived in New York aboard the Java. Queen Emma traveled aboard a special train provided by the U.S. Government on Aug. 13. After arriving in Washington, D.C., the Queen was driven by carriage to Willard's Hotel at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, where she was wel-

comed by Hon. Henry Stanberry, the acting Secretary of State." On Aug. 14, the Queen was received by the President in the Red Room of the White House; on Aug. 15 she was the dinner guest of Secretary of State William Seward; on Aug. 16 Queen Emma received a delegation of Native Americans who were in the city on business with the Indian Office. "The delegates were members of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and Pawnee and she conversed with Big Bear, the Chief." On Aug. 18, she attended a State Dinner in her honor, the first such State Dinner held in honor of a visiting monarch. She dined with President Andrew and First Lady Eliza Johnson and members of the Cabinet. "On Aug. 22, Queen Emma departed Washington, D.C., for Baltimore on the B&0 Railroad." From there she and her attendants took a railway eoaeh to Gettysburg, where they toured the batflefield and the cemetery. "From there Queen Emma went to Niagara Falls and then on to Boston and New York, where she took a steamer home, having been away for almost two years. She arrived back in Honolulu on Oct. 22, 1866." In March 1867, Queen Emma laid the comerstone of St. Andrew's Cathedral and two months later dedicated St. Andrew's Priory. In 1874 Emma lost her election to Kalākaua. AndonApril 25, 1885, Hawai'i's remarkable Queen died. "Kaleleonālani kou inoa, a he hiwahiwa 'oe na ka lāhui, a he lani 'o ia ala na 'oukou, a he milimili ho'i na mākou." 13/48 ■

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