Over the course of a little over 40-years (1820-1863 – the “Missionary Period,”) the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM) sent twelve Companies of missionaries – 184-missionaries; 84-men and 100-women – to the Hawaiian Islands. By the time the Pioneer Company arrived (1820,) Kamehameha I had died (1819) and the centuries-old kapu system […]
ʻIolani Palace Trees
ʻIolani Palace Grounds make up eleven acres of land in the core of downtown Honolulu. After the arrival of American Protestant missionaries in 1820, high-ranking chiefs began to occupy the area. In 1825, a small mausoleum was built on the grounds to house the remains of King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamāmalu. In 1845, King […]