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
Hawaii was a unified kingdom from Kamehameha’s ascent, in 1810, to 1893, when Queen Liliuokalani, much beloved, abdicated to protect her subjects from bloodshed.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Statues of Queen Liliuokalani, Hawaii’s last monarch, and Saint Damien, a Catholic priest who cared for leprosy patients, stand outside the State Capitol building.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
In 1891 Kalakaua died and Liliuokalani succeeded him.
From The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 5, February 3, 1898 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls by Julia Truitt Bishop
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