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The name moku ʻaikaua literally means "district acquired by war" in the Hawaiian language, [4] probably after the upland forest area where the wood was obtained. [ 5 ] After several fires, the present stone structure was constructed, partially from stones recycled from a nearby Heiau (ancient temple of the Hawaiian religion ), from about 1835 ...
The ongoing volcanic eruptions on Hawaii's Big Island have caused severe damage to residential neighborhoods surrounding the Kilauea volcano. Before-and-after photos reveal Hawaii's volcanic ...
Discontent with the earliest designs of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in 1910, Bishop Libert H. Boeynaems began an ambitious project to transform the Hawaiian mission cathedral into a unique cathedral in what was to be called Hawaiian Gothic architecture. The first phase of Boeynaemes' project was the construction of an elaborate porch ...
The stone building of Kawaiahaʻo Church was commissioned by the regency of Kaʻahumanu, during the reigns of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III. Designed by Rev. Hiram Bingham in the New England style of the Hawaiian missionaries , it was constructed between 1836 and 1842 of some 14,000 thousand- pound slabs of coral rock quarried from an ...
Hawaii became the final state to join the union 58 years ago, when President Eisenhower signed the Hawaii Admission Act on August 21, 1959. 14 vintage photos of Hawaii from before it became a ...
The wildfire tore through the heart of the Hawaiian island of Maui in darkness Wednesday, reducing much of a historic town to ash and forcing people to jump into the ocean to flee the flames. At ...
Kalapana is a town and a region in the Puna District on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. [2] The town was the original location of the Star of the Sea Painted Church.
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