King Kamehameha Trivia
This past Monday was a state holiday in recognition of King Kamehameha. My friend took the picture above of the King Kamehameha statue, draped in leis, and standing tall (see the people below?) and impressive in front of Aliʻiōlani Hale (home of the Hawai'i State Supreme Court - and translates to "house of the heavenly king"). Here's a couple of Hawaiian trivia for you:
- Where was the first statue sculpted? Hint: shaped like a shoe
- Where was it bronzed? Hint: Eric
- What happened to the first statue? Hint: Past tense of sink
- Where does it reside now?
- Where are the other three King Kamehameha statues located?
- Where did the decisive battle take place? Hint: Over 800 skulls were found at the base of this cliff.
posted by Kala at Thursday, June 14, 2007
8 Comments:
An interesting picture and post this morning. I remember walking past this building and statue but it was over fifty years ago. 52 to be exact.
I like trivia!
1. Italy,
2. Paris
3. it sank (?)
4. infront of the Ali'olani Hale (or you meant the original one?)
5. Is that at the base of what is now the Pali Lookout?
Thanks for this history lesson!
Oh, I can only answer the first three questions :(
Have a nice weekend Kala!
Beautiful building and quite and unusual statue. Thanks for posting it!
I can't answer the questions but I certainly appreciate the picture!
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i only know the first few answers too, the rest i have absolutely no idea!
Just amazing!
I love this statue! When I saw it, however, it wasn't draped. I went inside and had my photo taken sitting in one of the Supreme Court Justices Chairs (gift for my attorney husband). The guard thought it was a hoot!!
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