The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 in Hilo’s Liliʻuokalani Gardens. The festival celebrates the queen’s birthday and pays tribute to the historical significance of ...

In the years following the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and when the Provisional Government was instituted, Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani was imprisoned for eight months. She was sequestered ...

On May 6, 1865, less than a month after General Robert E. Lee’s surrender marked the end of the Civil War, Hawaii’s recently widowed Queen Emma embarked from Honolulu on a lengthy international tour.