Say "Hawaii" and most people think, beautiful beaches, tropical drinks with paper umbrellas and surfers. Hawaii is all, and some of the most interesting historical sights and Poignant found anywhere in America. The five historical sites in Hawaii mark the achievements of the human and human tragedies.
1. USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Oahu
More than 1.5 million people visit the USS Arizona Memorial each year. The memorial ceremony was the place where the battleship USS Arizona sank with its crew on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Dedicated in 1962, the website was a U. S. National Park Service in 1980. The Center offers interpretive programs, including a documentary about the attack and the trip to the memorial.
2. Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka'i
Kalaupapa marks two tragedies of Hawaii's history: the forced removal of indigenous peoples in 1865 and 1895, and the forced isolation of people with leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease. The first episode broke relations with the country, which is 900 years. The second is two separate families and minds of some patients to the arrival of Father Damien (Joseph The Veuster), the dignity and value back to Molokai victims. Founded in 1980, the park provides the physical environment for these stories.
3. Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kona Coast, Hawaii
This park was established in 1978 to preserve and interpret traditional Hawaiian culture and practices. Approximately 45,000 visitors per year in the impressive sights. It consists of 1160 hectares, NHP Kaloko-Honokvhau, the site of an ancient Hawaiian settlement, those parts of four different ahupua "or traditional sea to mountain land divisions. The park protects ex
4. Residences Royal Hawaiian, Oahu.
Not many people know that Hawaii was a sovereign nation, by a royal family. Iolani Palace State Monument in Honolulu and Queen Emma's Summer Palace, just outside Honolulu, the royal past. Iolani Palace was the official residence of Hawaii, the last monarch, Queen Liliuokalani, and even a time when her prison topple the monarchy. The national register of historic places, Queen Emma's Summer Palace is actually a frame Victorian house with a porch. Queen Emma, the wife of Kamehameha IV, who inherited the house of her uncle, John Young II, their house is again similar to the 19 Century with garden furniture and accessories and artifacts of the Hawaiian royal family.
5. Battleship Missouri Memorial, Oahu.
"The Mighty Mo," as it is called, is literally the story on their decks. Commissioning in 1944, the Iowa-class Missouri for the fire power it has from its huge weapons in the battle of Iowa Jima, Okinawa and the Korean War. Japan waives the United States aboard the Missouri. It was decommissioned in 1955, but after an extensive renovation of the building, the Mighty Mo was the retirement in 1986. In 1991 she was used in the Persian Gulf, where they started Tomahawk missiles during Operation Desert Storm. Her last mission was Dec 7, 1991, when she led a contingent of ships in Pearl Harbor, on the 50th Anniversary of the Japanese attack America in the Second World War was finally retired in the 1996.
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