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Hau'oli Lā Hānau e Kūhio!

We all know Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianacole as the ehampion ofthe Hawaiian Home Lands program. In honor ofhis birthday, March 26, we remember some ofthe lesser knownfacts about our favorite alici.

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esh^h In 1887, King David Kalakaua arrived in Japan during his tour around the world. He proposed Prince Kūhiō as a mate for one of Japan's imperial princesses. The Japanese politely declined. When Prince Kūhiō was 24 years old, he joined Royalists in a rebellion to restore the monarchy, and return Queen Lili'uokalani to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He was arrested and charged with treason by the U.S. government. He was pardoned after a year in O'ahu Prison. ESB3^H

Since birth, Prince Kūhiō carried his father s surname, Pi'ikoi. When his father died, he dropped Pi'ikoi and took his middle name as his last name. His older brothers, David Kawānanakoa and ' Edward Keli'iahonui, did the same. Henee the |

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Hawaiian surnames - Kalaniana'ole, Kawānanakoa, and Keli'iahonui. ESB3E^H Kūhiō's French teacher gave him the niekname "Prince Cupid," describing the prince as a "fat little fellow whose eyes twinkled merrily and upon whose lips there was a perpetual smile." The niekname stuck. Newspapers of his day often referred to him as Prince Cupid. EZBBS^H

Prince Kūhiō met Elizabeth Kahanu Ka'auwai while he was in O'ahu Prison. She would bring him food and sing songs to comfort him. When he was released, the two married, and set out to travel the world together.

Prince Kūhiō received only the best in education. After attending O'ahu College (now Punahou School) and St. Alban's College (now 'Iolani School), he spent four years at a military academy in San Mateo, California called St. Matthew's School.

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EHK^ Prince Kūhiō was an exceptional boxer. While traveling through Switzerland, a German count referred loudly to Prince Kūhiō's dark skin color. The count's friends demanded a duel. Instead, Prince Kūhiō knocked the man out. Prince Kūhiō also traveled to South Africa, where he spent three years fighting with the British Army against the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers in the Second Boer War.

He then traveled to Cirencester, England, to spend a year studying at the Royal Agricultural College. Prince Kūhiō later graduated from a business school, also in England.