Sovereign Sunday commemoration of the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy
A small group of Hawaiian independence supporters gathered at Iolani Palace to honor Queen Liliuokalani and to commemorate the illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893. The group engaged in several activities, including ceremony at the ahu (stone altar) and at Pohukaina (burial mound), and cleaning the interior of the burial mound. State law enforcement officers confiscated three canopies that had been erected to provide shade and cover for food that had been laid out on tables. However, the group remained for lunch, after the action took place, and proceeded with the day’s program.
Dean Saranillio, keynote speaker for the event, spoke on the history of statehood (Hawaii the 50th state) and the racism that colored the dialogue in Hawaii in the early 1950s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-O-ZZpuhIM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlrKbcnyRY