How did Kalākaua become king? He was actually elected, not born into his regency — when the last of the Kamehameha kings died, Kalākaua ran for king and won. He didn't win by a popular vote; he waselected by the then-Hawaiian legislature. When was the first merry monarch? The fir...
King Kamehameha did things as he saw fit and another possibility could have been that he simply saw both nations as what he wanted Hawaii to become eventually and incorporated both of the symbols into the Hawaii flag. I do find this to be very interesting considering that the flag of the ...
Most of Front Street, Lahaina’s commercial backbone, is no more. Little remains to remind a visitor that this was the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom in the early 19th century under King Kamehameha II. But the flames didn’t claim everything. At the north end of the street, a handful ...
I next stopped to pay my homage to the statue of the legendary Hawaiian King Kamehameha, the monarch from the Big Island of Hawaii, who invaded at Waikiki in 1795, defeating the island’s local ruler, Chief Kalanikupule. He then unified all of the islands in 1810, when King Kaumualii of...
People from Hawaii will view King Kamehameha as a "significant" world leader. People from Kyrgyzstan will consider certain nomadic tribes to be "significant" societies. The key point here is that "civilization" is an ambiguous term that will have different meanings to different audiences. Now, ...
After all, you should be able to forget about life for a while when you visit these types of places. I'm glad they're still trying to do that at Worlds of Fun. LET'S GO: The most popular historic sites in America How many of these most popular sites have you visited or planned ...
You do not agree, yet you will admit to yourself, alone, that this was your mindset during that trip. In Kapa'au, you stood transfixed before the statue of King Kamehameha, an eight foot tall polychrome sentry on a pedestal on the courthouse lawn. It reminded you of first grade and ...
While inside, they feed off the nourishment provided by the ball and tree. Eventually, a full-grown gall wasp will emerge from the ball and do its thing. Eventually, those adults will do the same thing, and the process continues. READ MORE: That Ball of Leaves in Your Tree Isn't a ...
SSJ Goku by Balthazar: I personally think this Goku is better than Choujin's, mostly because of his combo ability and his Kamehameha. He's a pretty good tier in my team thanks to his hard punch and hard kick combos. K' by Black: He's the first KoF character I've played, and I'...
The Machine’s sheer toughness won out in the end, even after Vintendo whipped out his specials: Not even a kamehameha brought The Machine down. Match Result: The Machine wins by pinfall. PWR Pre-Show, Match 2: Jimmy Orellana vs. Mark D. Manalo ...