Archive for May, 2010

A Family’s Kuleana

Posted on May 5 2010 by admin

May 4, 2010 BY Christine Hitt I wrote this story for HONOLULU Magazine’s May 2010 issue… you can view it here. A Family’s Kuleana Caring for the bones at the Royal Mausoleum is a responsibility passed down through generations. I have some extra notes I’m going to post for this story in a future blog… [...]

Honolulu Life in 1851

Posted on May 3 2010 by admin

BY Christine Hitt May 2, 2010 Princess Kaiulani’s parents were Princess Likelike, younger sister to King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani, and Scotsman Archibald Cleghorn. In the Hawaiian Gazette of 1907, A.S. Cleghorn, then Governor of Oahu Island under the Hawaiian Monarchy, recalled old times.  Here are some quotes from the piece: “I came to Honolulu [...]