FIRST EPISCOPAL FEAST DAY FOR CHEYENNE WARRIOR/PRIEST SAINT OKUH HATUH (DAVID OAKERHATER) CELEBRATED AT THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Lydia Lili‘u Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamaka‘eha was adopted hānai by a High Chief & Chiefess and educated at royal schools. A talented musical composer, in 1866, she composed a national anthem, He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi. Her brother, David Kalākaua, elected king in 1874, made her heir apparent and named her Lili‘uokalani. As princess, she founded an educational society to serve impoverished Hawaiian girls. In 1887, Kalākaua was forced by Americans to sign the “Bayonet Constitution” giving them more power. Lili‘uokalani, upon becoming queen in 1891, tried to restore monarchial power. In 1893, after she tried to enact a new constitution, Americans staged a coup. When her supporters attempted an armed revolt in 1895, the provisional government imprisoned her and forced her from the throne. Her song, Aloha ‘Oe, transcribed while under house arrest, was a national rallying song. Later, she left her estate to help Hawai‘i’s children. Lili‘uokalani died November 11, 1917, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Source:
“Queen Lili'uokalani,” U.S. National Park Service. Retrieved 11/2/2023, Queen Lili'uokalani (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Photo: James J. Williams (1853-1926), restored by Adam Cuerden, circa 1891. Public Domain. Source: United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.53150.
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