Spencer Leineweber’s Historic Impact
By Shayna Yatsuhiro, guest contributor Spencer Leineweber in 2011 (courtesy: AIA Honolulu) In 1996, a group of 66 walkers met at Kamānele Park to join a tour organized by Mālama Mānoa. Strolling for a couple miles through verdant Mānoa, the group was eager to view and learn more [...]
Zita Cup Choy, Iolani Palace Historian and Docent Educator, honored with Individual Achievement Award
Historian Zita Cup Choy (image @SoundCloud) Competent and unflappable aptly describe Zita Cup Choy. Her interest in history began in childhood and has fueled her nearly 45 year-career in research and education at Iolani Palace and Washington Place. Zita has helped lead and develop countless exhibits, tours, media [...]
Central Christian Church Rehabilitation Inspires Hilo Community
Located on Haili Street in Hilo on Hawai‘i Island, Central Christian Church has been a community pillar since 1892. Originally known as the Portuguese Evangelical Church and nicknamed Fisherman’s Church for the early morning services before the fishing fleet went to sea, it was built by descendants of immigrants who [...]
Youth volunteers help clear stone path at Kalākaua Park
By KELSEY WALLING Hawai‘i Tribune-Herald | Friday, March 19, 2021, 12:05 a.m. Kelsey Walling, Hawaii Herald Tribune A group of 11 young people have been volunteering this week in Hilo through a program meant for students taking a gap semester from school. Adventures Cross-Country, or ARCC, is a [...]
Celebrating Quilting & the Women of the Hawaiian Monarchy
Quilts Honoring Women of the Hawaiian Monarchy By Joyce D. Hammond In this month of International Women’s Day when women’s achievements and contributions to others are celebrated, I wish to highlight quilts honoring royal Hawaiian women, namely: Queen Consort Ka‘ahumanu, Kamehemaha I’s chief wife; Queen Consort Emma, wife of King [...]
Mid-Pacific Institute Students Encounter the Significance of Preservation through Historic Cemeteries
In Humanities Teacher Billie Napoleon's Historic Preservation class at Mid-Pacific Institute, high school students learn the value of buildings and places in their community through personal experiences. "The lessons have to be relevant so that the students care about the projects," explains Napoleon. "We have to start with the personal, [...]