More From Iolani Palace

A  L  O  H  A !

Ko`olau Mountains 

Beyond Palace Gate.

[State Capitol Pillar, Right]

“These things...they 

are who you are. 

They brought you here. 

To this day.” 

             Laura Dave

"The Life of the Land is Perpetuated 

in Righteousness"

[Royal - Now Hawaii US State - Motto]

 Feather Lei Link

Royal Decoration

Cloak Room

Queen Liliuokalani
Composer of Aloha `Oe

  "At noon of the tenth day of April, 1877, 
the booming of the cannon was heard which announced that I was heir apparent 
to the throne of Hawaii."
HRH Liliuokalani,
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen January 1898
  

  

Inside the Palace Garrison

Outside

Yesterday's Post

Was Part 1

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Thank YOU

Friend!

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Hawaii Photo of the Day

   A  L  O  H  A ! 

Joys To Do

A  L  O  H  A !

Hawaiian Royals, Kakaako

"As human beings, 

our job in life is 

to help people realize 

how rare and valuable 

each one of us really is, 

that each of us has 

something that no one else has

--or ever will have--

Three of the Ages of Woman

- something inside that 

is unique to all time. 

It's our job to encourage 

each other to discover that 

uniqueness and to provide ways 

of developing its expression." 

                      Fred Rogers

Sky Oh My HI

“Silence is not empty 

or immaterial. . .  

It often guards powers 

strong enough to 

shatter everything.”

              Emmi Itäranta

Linking to
Monday Murals

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Thank YOU

Friend

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Hawaiian Royalty Mural Monday

A   L   O   H   A !

Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani 

and King David Kalakaua

Still Watching over Honolulu

View Murals Around the World

HERE

Aloha!

Thanks for Visiting

                  Warmly, Cloudia

God Save the Queen - Hawaii's View

 Perhaps our Brit Friends wonder

what we out-landers make

of this week's 
Golden Jubilee.

Well, in a world of

constant change,

constancy

is noted,

valued,

appreciated;

Especially constancy

in Duty.

What ever the politics
of the moment,

the Queen

is for ALL her people.


For us too-
your cultural, linguistic
offspring and allies-
she has been a fixture
of the world we share.

She provides something

both ancient

and contemporary.

She is a great gem

of a great people

and nation

that have given much

to the 

whole world.

God Bless the Queen!

Sincerely, 

                                   an American


Now for the HAWAII twist! 


Unlike other Americans,
we of Hawaii
still remember our own
monarchy.

Our Hawaiian kings & queens 
ever flavor our experience
of living in these islands.

From Iolani Palace,
to Queens Medical Center,
to St. Andrew's Cathedral,
and the affiliated
St. Andrew's Priory School,
they are still present with us
in many authentic ways.

Their names are on our streets,
and ever in our hearts.

They are beloved,
and fondly remembered.

Their statues
grace our lovely islands.

But there is are connections
more than symbolic
between the royalty of Hawaii
and that of Great Britain.


  Hawaii's Queen Emma 
was warmly received
 by Queen Victoria
 herself.

 Victoria's Diamond Jubilee





 The two widow queens
 sympathized with one other
 as Queen Victoria recorded
 in her journal
 on September 9, 1865:

    "After luncheon I received Queen Emma, 

the widowed Queen of the Sandwich Islands 

or Hawaii.
Met her in the Corridor & nothing

 could be nicer or more dignified 

than her manner.
She is dark, but not more so than an Indian,

 with fine feathers [features?] & splendid soft eyes.
 She was dressed in just the same 

widow's weeds as I wear.
 I took her into the White Drawing room, 

where I asked to sit down next to me on the sofa.
She was moved when I spoke to her 

of her great misfortune in losing her only child.
She was very discreet & would only remain 

a few minutes. She presented her lady,
 Mrs. Hoopile whose husband is her Chaplain, 

both being Hawaiians.... "

 
Despite the obvious difference 
in station, Queen Emma
 and Queen Victoria 
had both lost sons
 and spouses.

Both bore the responsibility
of the crown.

 The two queens
 became life-long friends,
and shared a lively exchange
of correspondence.
 

  Emma traveled to London in 1865
 specifically to visit 
and spent a night
 at Windsor Castle
 on November 27. 


Our ubiquitous 
Hawaiian Heirloom Jewelry, 
  originated with a gift
 from Queen Victoria to
Hawaii's Princess Liliuokalani
 in 1880. 

  It was a solid gold bracelet 
with the Princess' name 
engraved and enameled upon it
in olde English script.

 Another famous example:
Queen Emma's own
silver bracelet
engraved
 "Aloha ia ka heiheimalie."

(Very Roughly:
 "Love for the People of the Fragrant Maile" 
Hawaii's people were oft likened to flowers.
Kaulana Na Pua - the patriot's song of
Hawaii, praises the famous flowers- PUA- of Hawaii
i.e. her people-



[If you play this song, while God Save the Queen
continues, they make a unique blend!]

These Victorian style heirlooms
are seen everywhere.
They are popular gifts for
graduations, births, anniversaries,
and WORN (not locked away). 
I wear several daily.

  Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV 

They petitioned the Church of England

 to help establish the Church of Hawaii

 We look upon Elizabeth
and we feel a kinship,
and a loss.

A  L  O  H  A ! 


                                             Warmly, cloudia

Capitol Walk

Aloha & Welcome to Honolulu

A special place like Hawaii,

 needs a special capitol building,

 or so they believed in the 1960's.

Our capitol is open to the elements,

and to the people. On one side of this

courtyard is the Senate Chamber.

On the other: the House Chamber.

Their outside walls are sloping stone 

representing the volcanoes that are the 

bedrock of these Islands.

Outside, the building is set among pools of water:

the ocean that surrounds us;

 out of which

pillars representing palm trees

 rise to support the roof.

That 'framed' tower is Honolulu Hale,

our City Hall.  It looks Spanish, but is actually

based on a fortified Italian castle.

"The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness"

 our motto.

The Hawaiian Language is our official language along with

English.  Interpreters of many flavors

 make a good living here though,

as we continue to attract folks from all over Asia,

 the Pacific,

and the World!

The offices are upstairs.  Lobbyists, staff, citizens,

 all hang out here by the railings

 where a lot of the REAL business of government is done.

You can see the State Flag

 flying in front of the building

 from these "corridors of power."

And the sky is always looking on,

putting things into perspective.

(one hopes :)

Looking down at the ground level

 yields a nice view of this watery mosaic.

Behind the capitol building,

 is our original government building:

Iolani Palace,

 built by Kalakaua for some three hundred thousand

dollars in the 19th Century.

All Done Up for a Festive Event.

Link to a Royal past and a troubled political history.

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A true tale is told (courtesy of the great Glen Grant)

of a government employee

who stayed late one evening

working at the new Capitol.

Her young daughter played in the halls just outside

as they waited for father to come

collect them for the ride home.

All the way home,

the little girl spoke excitedly about

playing with a nice lady

whose arms were draped in lei.

The mother had smelled flowers

& faint cigar smoke. She assumed it 

was a staffer or cleaner the girl spoke of.

Or perhaps it was childish imagination.

Weeks later, when the statue of

 Queen Liliuokalani 

between the two iconic 

buildings was unveiled,

Hawaiians present protested covering

Her neck piece (more HERE)

with lei, and so the statue's arms

were draped in dozens of flowery garlands.

"Mommy! That's the nice lady

who played with me!"

Squealed the little girl.

The Queen has been seen,

 the smell of flowers 

and her favored small cigars

left behind, many times since.

She is still looking out for Her

People.

And besides:

who would really want to leave

this fragrant & magic land?

As yesterday was King Kalakaua's 174th birthday,

Hawaii National Guard Soldiers acting as ceremonial

Royal Guards stood sentry at the palace gates.

The past lives here!

“May the dreams of your past

 be the reality of your future.”

anonymous 

And may only benevolent airs

and spirits surround

YOU

this day. . . 

. . . and always.

cloudia