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Hawaii's Last Queen
On January 16, 1893, four boatloads of United
States Marines armed with Gatling guns and hundreds of rounds of
ammunition came ashore in Honolulu, capital of the independent
Kingdom of Hawaii. As the Royal Hawaiian band played a concert
at the Hawaiian Hotel, 162 troops marched through the streets of
Honolulu, heading for the palace. The Queen of Hawaii,
Lili'uokalani, looked down from her balcony as the troops took
up their positions.
The following day, she surrendered at gunpoint, yielding her
throne to the government of the United States.
Produced and released in 1997 by The American
Experience documentary series broadcast on TV by PBS, 53 mins.
Posted 06/28/06
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