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In addition, or perhaps overlapping, are five U.S. National Park Service areas of historic orientation in Hawaii. [5] Of these, the USS Arizona Memorial, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, and Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site are also National Historic Landmarks and are listed above.
The battlefield is listed on the Hawaii register of historic places as site 10-37-1745, [6] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as site 74000714. [1] The name comes from the Ahupuaʻa (traditional land division), point, and bay called Kuamoʻo just to the South where the battle actually took place. [ 7 ]
Kūkaniloko Birth Site, also known as the Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument, is one of the most important ancient cultural sites on the island of Oʻahu.In 1973, it was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its boundaries were increased in 1995, [1] after 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land which included the site became a state park in 1992. [2]
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Veteran Hawaii television newscaster Lynne T. Waters remembered Tomimbang Burns as the only person who welcomed her when she came to Hawaii in 1981 to anchor the KITV news. "The only person who ...
After decades of protests, the U.S. Navy ended live-fire training exercises on Kahoʻolawe in 1990, and the whole island was transferred to the jurisdiction of the state of Hawaii in 1994. The Hawaii State Legislature established the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve to restore and to oversee the island and its surrounding waters.
In 1907, Jack London and his wife Charmian sailed to Hawaii, learning the "royal sport" of surfing and travelling by horseback to Haleakalā and Hana, as chronicled in his book The Cruise of the Snark. 1929 saw 22,000 tourists visit Hawaii, while the number of tourists exceeded 1 million for the first time in 1967. [26]
Kahakuloa. Kahakuloa is an area on the north side of West Maui, Hawaii. [1] It is home to the community of Kahakuloa Village, East of the village, at the point, is 646 ft. high. Kahekili, (c. 1737–1794) was said to leap 200 feet down to the water from this hill in the mornings before eating breakfast, from a spot called "Kahekili's Leap."