Liliuokalani
Americannoun
noun
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They overthrew the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Queen Liliuokalani in 1893, and five years later the U.S. annexed Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa was born on April 23, 1926, in Honolulu to William Jeremiah Ellerbrock, a doctor, and Lydia Liliuokalani Kawananakoa, whose father, David Kawananakoa, was an heir to the Hawaiian throne.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022
You can visit the nearby Royal Mausoleum, where Liliuokalani and King Kalakaua and others are interred.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022
Democratic Gov. David Ige proposed the commemoration of Washington Place, the longtime residence of Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani and a dozen governors, Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2021
While engaged in negotiating a treaty with our country Kalakaua died, in 1891, in San Francisco, and his sister, Liliuokalani, succeeded him as queen.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
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