Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 7, 1 Iulai 2010 — SHOWING ALOHA FOR OUR KING [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHOWING ALOHA FOR OUR KING

King Kamehameha was celebrated across the country in 20 10. Marking the bicentennial year of Kamehameha's unification of the Hawaiian islands under one rule, President Ohama issued a proclamation stating that June 11, 2010, was King Kamehameha Day, calling all Americans to celebrate the rich heritage of Hawai'i.

OHA staff, family and friends led by OHA Compliance Manager Kai Markell, left, OHA Community Relations Specialist Nancy King, center, and OHA Compliance Specialist Jerome Yasuhara, right, carry a lei made by OHA Chief Knowledge Officer Hau'oli Akaka to drape on the King's statue in Honolulu. - Photos: LisaAsato

Honolulu celebrated King Kamehameha on July 1 1 . Adorned with 25-foot lei, it is the second statue of King Kamehameha the Great commissioned by King David Kalākaua. Itstands in front of Ali'iolani Halein Honolulu. The original statue of the King is in Kapa'au, Hawai'i lsland, his birthplace.

OHA CEO Clyde Nāmu'o, Special Assistant to the CEO Martha Ross, OHA Washington, D.C., Bureau Chief Tim Johnson, Chairperson Haunani Apoliona and Chief Operating Officer Stanton Enomoto attended the annual Kamehameha statue Lei-Draping Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Visitor's Center in Emancipation Hall in Washington, D.C., on June 6. - Photo: Courtesy of Gini Moore, photographer for Hawai'i State Society