Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 8, 1 August 2014 — E kala mai [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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> In the July issue, the article on page 15 on organized events at several nahonal parks on July 31 to commemorate restoration day had a series of errors. The correct names of the five, not four, participating parks are: Haleakalā National Park, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park, Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site and Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park. The correct name of the NPS Hawaiian Flag Day events is Lā Hae Hawai'i. Entrance fees to the three parks that charge admission were not waived for the day. The noon ceremony honored the 1816 flag of Kamehameha I. All parks did not have a ho'olaulea-type celebration; that was limited to Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site. Bamboo trumpet-making workshops were not held at Haleakalā National Park. There have never been Hawaiian Flag Day presentations or La Ho'iho'i Ea events at Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historieal Park. Additional insight, from a Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park news release, says: "On July 26, 1990, then-Governor John Waihe'e signed a proclamation making every July 31 Hawaiian Flag Day, and urged Hawai'i citizens 'to observe due respect for the flag and the proud tradition for whieh it stands.' "That same year, Pu'ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site started an annual tradition of celebrating Lā Hae Hawai'i (Hawaiian Flag Day), and is one of three sites in the state where the Hawaiian state flag is permitted to fly independent of the American flag. (The other loeations are 'Iolani Palaee and the Royal Mausoleum, both on O'ahu). KalokoHonokōhau National Historical Park also began commemorating Lā Hae Hawai'i in 2010." KWO regrets the errors. ■

A Hawaiian flag flies at Pu'ukoholā Heiau Nahonal Historic Site. - Courtesy: Nalional Park Service