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HAWAI`I - A CALL FOR SOVEREIGNTY SCREENED IN PASADENA, CA

Los Angeles Examiner - April 6, 2010

No matter how you look at it, the United States took control of a foreign country's government by force.

A group of American businessmen who had established operations there were instrumental in seeking the overthrow of Queen Liliu`okalani and her monarchy.

The Queen appealed to President Cleveland in a letter of protest at the time, and did not resist her house arrest for fear that violence would ensue and her people would pay the ultimate price.

A troop of armed US Marines put ashore and effected the transition of power.

President Cleveland after investigating the situation agreed that the US created an act of war against a peaceful country that had been allied with the US up to that point. He agreed to help restore the Kingdom of Hawai`i.

It has been nearly 120 years since the Queen was removed. What has happened since then is history: Hawai`i was declared a territory of the United States, and then annexed as the 50th State in the Union in 1959.

Hmm, whatever happened to the Kingdom of Hawai`i?

If the US admitted to creating a major faux pas in 1893, yet has not fulfilled its promise to restore the Kingdom of Hawai`i, where does it leave the State of Hawai`i...or is it?...a state?

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