Hawaiian Independence Action Alliance members gathered at several places today to honor our ancestors at the ahu, Queen Liliuokalani, and King Kamehameha during a time set aside by the illegal state of Hawaii to commemorate its 50 year anniversary of misinformation, disinformation, illegality, and theft. It was a good day!
Beginning at the ahu at Iolani Palace grounds, participants wearing black shirts with large bright green letters lined themselves up to spell words that challenged the state’s celebration of itself: FAKE STATE, A HISTORY OF THEFT/A HISTORY OF THE U.S. Large red and black banners spelling out HAWAIIAN and INDEPENDENCE, as well as Hawaiian flags, Ka Hae Hawaii, and Ka Hae Kalaunu, rounded out the display and provided a colorful alternative to the drab white of the military band and the mostly colorless good Americans who attended the state’s event at the capitol.
Security challenges were minimal. Energy was high. The state’s agenda for the day changed a couple of times. The rotunda gathering ended up in the House Chambers, so our messages lined up on either side of the entrance and across the way. While those who entered the chambers where former governors were being recognized waited for the sound of jets overhead, what they actually heard was the pu, loud and clear. And following that, HIAA members chanting “I Ku Mau Mau”. Photographers were everywhere.
Photo opportunities took place at the Queen’s statue, where Kekuni Blaisdell offered hookupu to the Queen on our behalf; in front of the military band on Beretania St., on the street itself, fronting Washington Place; inside the rotunda of the state capitol; in front of Iolani Palace; on King St., where the A HISTORY OF THEFT blocked traffic until an ambulance came down the road; and in front of the Kamehameha statue.
Here’s a great photo from Jon S. of jets flying overhead with our Hawaiian Independence banners in the foreground.
