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King Kamehameha Day

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June 8, 2008

My Hawaiian friends tell me that no island celebration is complete without poke on the table, and that includes King Kamehameha Day on June 11. Kamehameha I, a controversial figure in Hawaiian history - known for both waging war and subsequently ruling in peace - is credited with unifying the Hawaiian islands into a single kingdom in 1810. First observed on June 11, 1872, King Kamehameha Day was declared a public holiday by his grandson, Kamehameha V.

Central to the celebration - which includes parades, sports, arts events, a major hula competition, and, of course, feasts - is decorating with leis a statue of Kamehameha that stands outside of the Kohala Courthouse on the big island of Hawaii, near where the king was born.

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