Liliuokalani
Americannoun
noun
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Among the bestsellers was sheet music for the song “Aloha Oe,” written and composed in 1878 by Queen Liliuokalani, when she was a princess.
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
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
It was to this last line that Queen Liliuokalani belonged, and she was deposed by the revolution of 1893, led by the American and European residents upon the islands.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
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