Aina Hau Park/Triangle - Honolulu, Oahu, HI
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N 21° 16.645 W 157° 49.482
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Waikiki Historical Trail Marker #8 is located in Aina Hau Park/Triangle, Honolulu, Oahu.
Waymark Code: WMRHWP
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2016
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The marker reads:
"Ainahau (“land of the hau tree”), was once described as “the most beautiful estate in the Hawaiian Islands.” Its ten acres were filled with gardens, 3 lily ponds, 500 coconut trees, 14 varieties of hibiscus, 8 kinds of mango trees, plus a giant banyan tree. The estate belonged to Governor Archibald Scott Cleghorn, and Chiefess Miriam Kapili Likelike, a composer like her sister Liliuokalani and brother Kalakaua. The residence included several bungalows and a spacious two-story Victorian home.
Their only child was the Princess Victoria Kaiulani, who grew up at Ainahau with her beloved peacocks. The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson was a frequent guest and used to read passages of poetry to the young Princess under the banyan tree. He even composed a poem for her in which he described her a his “island rose, light of heart and bright of face.” Strikingly beautiful and talented, Kaiulani had been educated in England and was being groomed to succeed Queen Liliuokalani. It is said that the night she died, her peacocks screamed so loudly that people could hear them miles away and knew that she had passed away. She was only 23 at her death in 1899."
Group that erected the marker: Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Aina Hau Park/Triangle
Honolulu, HI, US
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