The King Kamehameha statue is another drive-by stop on our Home of the Brave tour. It stands in front of Ali'iolani Hale in downtown Honolulu.
The idea to build a statue to memorialize the great King Kamehameha the first came in 1878, but the statue was actually lost at sea on its way over to Hawaii near the Falkland islands. The second statue was created and put into place in 1883, and when the first statue was recovered it was placed on the Big Island in Kohala, where Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea (The Great Kings real name!) was born.
He was known for conquering the Hawaiian islands and formally establishing the kingdom of Hawaii in 1810. He is also remembered as the man to have established Kanawai Mamalahoe, or the "Law of the Splintered Paddle". During wartime and times of battle, human rights of non-combatants were protected under this provision set forth by the great King. Believe it or not, the statue is said to be life size-he stood a whopping seven feet two inches tall!
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