Republic of Hawaii

As United States Marines marched past ‘Iolani Palace on their way to their peacekeeping stations, they dipped their U.S. flag while passing by, as a sign of respect to the Queen. The 152 sailors never entered the Palace grounds, never fired a shot, and did not participate in the takeover of any buildings.

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The Republic of Hawai‘i was a period of the history of Hawai‘i between the administration of the Provisional Government of Hawai‘i which ended on July 4, 1894 and the adoption of the Newlands Resolution in Congress creating the United States Territory of Hawai‘i on July 7, 1898.

Related Topics:
Hawai‘i - Provisional Government of Hawai‘i - July 4 - 1894 - Newlands Resolution - Congress - United States - Territory of Hawai‘i - July 7 - 1898

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The administration of the Republic of Hawai‘i was multiracial. It included white men like Sanford B. Dole and Lorrin A. Thurston, who were both native-born subjects of the Hawaiian kingdom and spoke Hawaiian language fluently. Dole had previously been an elected member of the Kingdom legislature from Koloa, Kaua'i and a Justice of the Kingdom's Supreme Court. Thurston had served as Minister of Interior under King Kalakaua. The Speaker of the House of the Republic of Hawai'i was native Hawaiian John Kaulukou who had previously been a Royalist opposing annexation.

Related Topics:
Sanford B. Dole - Lorrin A. Thurston

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