Restoration Day.—The public has heard that the people of Honolulu are putting on a banquet for the day that the Hawaiian Flag was returned, and the alii of the land are kindly assisting in this endeavor taken up by their people. All friends should look and understand the Announcement published in today’s paper; Continue reading
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Restoration Day celebration announcement, 1863.
ANNOUNCEMENT!
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SELECTED BY THE MAKAAINANA of Honolulu at the meeting at Kaumakapili to plan and to provide for the activities to celebrate the day Continue reading
Let’s celebrate big next year!
This year, we can celebrate in our hearts.

Kamehameha Day, Honolulu, June 7, 2019.
Kamehameha Day proclaimed, 1871.
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
M. RAPLEE,
DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNMENT PRESS
HONOLULU:
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27, 1871.
MA KE KAUOHA.
Ma ka Lokomaikai o ke Akua, o Makou o Kamehameha V., ka Moi o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, ma keia, ke kukala aku nei o ko makou makemake a me ka oluolu, e malamaia ma keia hope aku ka La Umikumakahi o Iune, Continue reading
Kamehameha V proclaims the 11th of June a holiday in honor of Kamehameha Paiea, 1872.
KE AU OKOA.
JOHN M. KAPENA
EDITOR
HONOLULU, JANUARY 4, 1872
BY AUTHORITY.
We, Kamehameha V, by the Grace of God, of the Hawaiian Islands, King, do hereby proclaim, that it is Our will and pleasure that the eleventh day of June of each year be hereafter observed as a Public Holiday in memory of Our Grand-father and Predecessor, Kamehameha I., Continue reading
Memorial Day, 1920.
[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko”]
A parade is being planned for the approaching Decoration Day. Being that the day falls on a Sunday, the parade will be held on the following Monday, along with all of the commemorations pertaining to the day.
(Kuokoa, 5/14/1920, p. 4)

Today indeed is Restoration Day! 1893.
[Found under: “NUHOU KULOKO.”]
This is Restoration Day, and it is fifty years since the Hawaiian Flag was raised Continue reading
They will eventually bite the hand that fed them, 1862.
Palmam qui Meruit Ferat.
Yesterday (Friday) afternoon, at 4 1-2 o’clock, the Honolulu Rifles turned out for a full dress parade. After marching through several streets the corps halted on the Esplanade, fronting Fort street, when His Majesty the King, accompanied by H. R. H. the Prince of Hawaii, Continue reading
La Hoihoi Ea, 1865.
Restoration Day.
Monday last, the 31st July, was the twenty-second Anniversary of the Restoration of the Hawaiian Flag by Rear Admiral Thomas, and as such was celebrated with becoming joyousness.
The day opened warm and sultry, but by nine o’clock the trades set in and before noon were blowing half a gale. Continue reading
Stonehouse, Richard Armstrong residence, 1848.
On Restoration day, 31st ult., the Rev. R. Armstrong, the King’s Minister of Public Instruction, named his new house, Continue reading