Lā Kūʻokoʻa he lā hoʻomanaʻo aupuni Hawaiʻi i hoʻohanohano ʻia ma ka lā 28 Nowemapa o kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ma kēia lā i ka makahiki 1843, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ʻEnelani a me Palani i ke kūʻokoʻa o ke Aupuni Mōʻī Hawaiʻi, a ua lilo ia i aupuni kūʻokoʻa ma loko o ke anaina o nā aupuni o ka honua.[1]

Lā Kūʻokoʻa o Hawaiʻi Nei

Ka Mōʻaukala

E ho'opololei

I ka makahiki 1839, ua hoʻokō ʻo Kapena Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace i kekahi kauoha i ka Mōʻī Kauikeaouli e ʻae i ka poʻe Kakolika ma Hawaiʻi. Ua koi ʻia ke aupuni Hawaiʻi e uku i $20,000 iā Farani.[2] Ma muli o kēia hanana i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Laplace Affair, ua hoʻouna ʻo Kauikeaouli i kekahi ʻelele kūikawā i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia a me ʻEulopa e hōʻoia i ke kūʻokoʻa o Hawaiʻi.

Ma ka lā 8 ʻApelila 1842, ua koho ʻia ʻo Timoteo Haʻalilio, William Richards a me Sir George Simpson i mau ʻelele kūikawā. Ua hele ʻo Simpson i Pelekānia, a ua hele ʻo Haʻalilio lāua ʻo Richards i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma ka lā 8 Iulai 1842. Ua loaʻa ka ʻāpono mai ka Pelekikena John Tyler mai ma ka lā 19 Kekemapa 1842.[2]

I ka wā i kaʻahele ai ka ʻelele diplomatika, ua komo kūhewa mai ʻo Kapena Lord George Paulet i ke aupuni Hawaiʻi no ʻelima mahina. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻo Lunakoa Richard Darton Thomas i ke kūʻokoʻa iā Kauikeaouli ma ka lā 31 Iulai 1843, i hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ma hope ma ke ʻano he Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea.[2]

Ma ka lā 28 Nowemapa 1843, ma ke Alo Aliʻi o Lākana, ua kākau ʻo Lord Aberdeen no Pelekānia a me Comte de Saint-Aulaire no Farani i ka palapala Anglo-Franco Proclamation, e hōʻoia ana i ke kūʻokoʻa o ke Aupuni Mōʻī Hawaiʻi. ʻAʻole i komo pū ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia hōʻoia ʻana, no ka mea e pono ana he palapala ʻaelike i ʻāpono ʻia e ka ʻAha Kenekoa.[2]

Ka Hoʻohanohano ʻAna i ka Wā Kahiko

E ho'opololei

I ka wā o ke Aupuni Mōʻī, he lā hoʻomaha kūhelu ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa.[3] I ka makahiki 1898, ua hoʻololi ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ka Lepupalika o Hawaiʻi i ka lā 28 Nowemapa i Lā Hoʻomaikaʻi. Ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o Hawaiʻi me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia, ua pau ke kūlana kūhelu o kēia lā hoʻomaha.[4]

Ke Koʻikoʻi i Kēia Wā

E ho'opololei

Hoʻomau ʻia ke kaʻi ʻana o ka Lā Kūʻokoʻa e ka poʻe paipai i ke kūʻokoʻa Hawaiʻi.[5] Ua hana ʻia nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻihoʻi i kēia lā hoʻomaha ma ke ʻano he lā kūhelu ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi.[6]

Nā Kūmole

E ho'opololei
  1. Hoʻokahua Staff (2014) "Mission Accomplished: International Recognition of Hawaiʻi Achieved in 1843" Kaleinamanu Hawaiian Cultural Center, Kamehameha Schools
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kuykendall, Ralph S. (1965) "The Hawaiian Kingdom 1778-1854, Foundation and Transformation" University Hawaii Press, pp. 163-167
  3. Schmitt, Robert C. (1995) "Holidays in Hawaiʻi" Hawaiian Journal of History
  4. Thrum, Thomas G. (1909) "Hawaiian Holidays" Honolulu Star-Bulletin, p. 115
  5. Pang, Gordon Y. K. (2006) "Group honors Independence Day" The Honolulu Advertiser
  6. Lauer, Nancy Cook (2015) "County Council recognizes Hawaiian Independence Day" Hawaii Tribune-Herald
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