IP: `Old Glory' over Iolani Palace [ read the text after the main article. The Dole was the fruit person I assume :-) djf]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
> [Note:  This item comes from reader Janos Gereben.  DLH]
>
> At 19:46 -0700 9/29/01, Janos Gereben wrote:
> > From: "Janos Gereben" <janos451 () earthlink net>
> > Subject: `Old Glory' over Iolani Palace
> > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 19:46:00 -0700
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> >
> >
> >   [First the story, then what was left out.]
> >   Iolani Palace raises U.S. flag to honor Sept. 11 victims
> >   By Pat Omandam / Honolulu Star-Bulletin / Sept. 29, 2001
> >
> >   In April 1917, deposed Queen Liliuokalani displayed the American
> > flag at Washington Place to honor the deaths of Hawaiian military
> > personnel during World War I.
> >
> >   Today, the board of directors at Iolani Palace are using that
> > precedent to display Old Glory above the palace -- the first time the
> > American flag has flown there since the restoration of the Hawaiian
> > kingdom-era structure began in 1969.
> >
> >   Alice Guild, executive director of the Friends of Iolani Palace,
> > said the board approved two days ago flying the American flag for 30
> > days along with the Hawaiian flag on the palace grounds to honor the
> > victims who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the East Coast.
> >
> >   Guild said board members noted victims of the attacks on the World
> > Trade Center in New York and on the Pentagon represented 63 counties
> > and included Hawaii residents.
> >
> >   There was discussion about flying the American flag days after the
> > attacks, but no action could be taken until the board met this week.
> > It was an unanimous decision, she said.
> >
> >   "We regretted that we were not able to do this sooner after the
> > attacks," Guild said. "However, it was felt that a board decision
> > should be made on this policy matter."
> >
> >   Guild explained the Hawaiian flag is usually flown alone because it
> > is part of an effort to restore the palace to the late Hawaiian
> > monarchy period. At other historic sites, such as Colonial
> > Williamsburg in Virginia, only flags from a particular period of
> > American history are flown, she said.
> >
> >   "From time to time we do have people ask why the Hawaiian flag flies
> > alone over the palace," she said.
> >
> >   "Actually, its the flag of the kingdom of Hawaii, which has
> > different dimensions from the flag of the state of Hawaii. So the flag
> > that usually flies over the palace is an historic flag."
> >
> >   The U.S. flag will be taken down on Oct. 28.
> >
> >   =======
> >
> >   NOT in the story:
> >
> >   Upon the death of her brother, King Kalakaua, Liliuokalani ascended
> > the throne of Hawaii in January 1891. One of her first acts was to
> > recommend a new Hawaii constitution, as the "Bayonet Constitution" of
> > 1887 limited the power of the monarch and political power of native
> > Hawaiians. In 1890, the McKinley Tariff began to cause a recession in
> > the islands by withdrew the safeguards ensuring a mainland market for
> > Hawaiian sugar. American interests in Hawaii began to consider
> > annexation for Hawaii to re-establish an economic competitive position
> > for sugar.
> >
> >   In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani sought to empower herself and Hawaiians
> > through a new constitution which she herself had drawn up and now
> > desired to promulgate as the new law of the land. It was Queen
> > Liliuokalani's right as a sovereign to issue a new constitution
> > through an edict from the throne. A group led by Sanford B. Dole
> > sought to overthrow the institution of the monarchy. The American
> > minister in Hawaii, John L. Stevens, called for troops to take control
> > of Iolani Palace and various other governmental buildings. In 1894,
> > the Queen was deposed, the monarchy abrogated, and a provisional
> > government was established which later became the Republic of Hawaii.
> >
> >   In 1893, James H. Blount, newly appointed American minister to
> > Hawaii, arrived representing President Grover Cleveland. Blount
> > listened to both sides, annexationists and restorationists, and
> > concluded the Hawaiian people aligned with the Queen. Blount and
> > Cleveland agreed the Queen should be restored. Blount's final report
> > implicated the American minister Stevens in the illegal overthrow of
> > Liliuokalani. Albert S. Willis, Cleveland's next American minister
> > offered the crown back to the Queen on the condition she pardon and
> > grant general amnesty to those who had dethroned her. She initially
> > refused but soon she changed her mind and offered clemency. This delay
> > compromised her political position and President Cleveland had
> > released the entire issue of the Hawaiian revolution to Congress for
> > debate. The annexationists promptly lobbied Congress against
> > restoration of the monarchy. On July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawaii
> > with Sanford B. Dole as president was proclaimed. It was recognized
> > immediately by the United States government.
> >
> >   In 1895, Liliuokalani was arrested and forced to reside in Iolani
> > Palace after a cache of weapons was found in the gardens of her home
> > in Washington Place. She denied knowing of the existence of this cache
> > and was reportedly unaware of others' efforts to restore the royalty.
> > In 1896, she was released and returned to her home at Washington Place
> > where she lived for the next two decades. Hawaii was annexed to the
> > United States through a joint resolution of the US Congress in 1898.
> > She died due to complications from a stroke in 1917. A statue of her
> > was erected on the grounds of the State Capital in Honolulu.



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