Monuments & Statues in Honolulu

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  • LoAunia J
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    Learned and saw alot of interesting info about Pearl Harbor. Very touching and recommend that everyone see it. Seeing the ship was amazing as well.
    Written 27 January 2025
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  • OZS_ATW
    Budapest, Hungary4,382 contributions
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    Statue of Duke Kahanamoku is just at perfect place, where it belongs to.
    It is impressive with a ocean background! Awesome!
    Written 17 December 2024
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  • pchnmain
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    I think this statue of King Kamehameha I might be one of the most iconic statues in the United States. Maybe it's because of TV shows, like Hawaii Five-0.

    The first casting of this statue is located in North Kohala on the island of Hawaii. This second casting of the statue was erected here in 1883. The artist was Thomas Ridgeway Gould.

    If you're taking an organized city tour, your tour bus might park and allow you to alight for a few minutes. More likely, it will stop to allow you to take pictures of this statue from the bus.

    I was staying in Waikiki and rode a bicycle into this area so that I could tour and take photographs at my own pace. Sites I visited included: the State Capitol; St Andrew's Episcopal Cathedral; Honolulu Hale; Washington Place; the Hawaiian Mission Houses and Mission Memorial.

    With reference to this statue specifically, taking photos can be a challenge. Depending on the time of day, there can be a lot of tourists milling about. And lighting varies, due to time of day and weather.

    This site is worth visiting, simply because it such a nice statue, and carries such historic and cultural value.
    Written 25 August 2024
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  • BrakiWorldTraveler
    Belgrade, Serbia20,344 contributions
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    USS Arizona certainly had the greatest loss of lives, almost 1200, and maybe because of that it has the biggest memorial in all Pearl Harbor area.
    Imo, USS Oklahoma memorial, another destroyed ship with its servicemen is maybe smaller than it should be, like a second grade one. It consists of equal white marble columns with victim names inscribed on them.
    It's located by the spot where the shuttle bus leaves you for the USS Missouri and many people simply overlook it. From the whole bus only another couple and myself visited it.
    Written 11 June 2024
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  • ITRT
    Virginia46,564 contributions
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    The Mausoleum land is one of three places in Hawaii that are sovereign (the others being the Iolani Palace and Pu’ukohola Heiau. Because of this classification, the Hawaiian flag can officially fly without the American flag. When you walk onto the grounds, a sense of peace and calm envelops you. The mausoleum is the final resting place of Hawaiian royalty including King
    King Kamehameha II through King Kamehameha V, and Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom. There are two crypts and a chapel on the grounds. It is about 1.5 miles from downtown Honolulu and worth a trip.
    Written 25 June 2022
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  • fruitministry
    Atlanta, GA50 contributions
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    If you love to shop and are looking for items they don't have at your local mall, get down there and have an amazing time checking out all of the latest designer threads and so much more. Pure eye candy and just remember that the bag you check for your travel should be empty!!!
    Written 13 February 2019
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  • MJ_ontheBAY
    Wallonia, Belgium120 contributions
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    The Utah memorial is one of the lesser known and less accessible of the memorials but is worth seeing if you have a military/govt ID or can get escorted access. It’s both shocking and humbling to see a lot of the Utah’s wreckage still protruding out of the water and highlights the relative range of the attack given that it’s on the opposite side of Ford Island from the Arizona and Battleship Row.

    Perhaps the most serene way to access this is to run or walk along the paint-marked walking trail that extends northward from the far end of the former Ford Island aircraft runway and a Naval Officers housing area on to the memorial. It hugs the coastline and brings you to the site just after passing the back side of the giant NOAA building. This is particularly beautiful at sunrise and the opportunity to view and salute the Utah as a turn-around point is a true honor and privilege.
    Written 17 May 2024
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  • happy4travel
    Northern California1,208 contributions
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    Gracious staff, quite unexpectedly seen at the shopping areas. The bronze statue was beautiful. A nice reminder of a wonderful time in place. So unexpected! Please consider to keep this place in good service. Such a magnificent experience not to be missed.
    Written 7 January 2020
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  • Usia2014
    Calgary, Canada1,954 contributions
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    These two surfers are looking at each other with such admiration. We walked by them each day on the way to the beach. They were adorned with leis people had left on them. It was disappointing that the fountain was not on and that the bottom of the pool was often filled with garbage.
    Written 30 April 2023
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  • Handy S
    15 contributions
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    Make sure you don't miss this beautiful statue of Queen Liliuokalani. Loved reading the history on this. She was beautifully adorned with a lot of leis.
    Written 18 September 2018
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  • Thomas V
    Oakland, CA19,161 contributions
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    Gandhi is one of my heroes so I was pleased to find his statue here, although he has little to do with Honolulu. Good art.
    Written 19 June 2019
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  • Usia2014
    Calgary, Canada1,954 contributions
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    It’s an iconic surfer of old Hawaii. Well done in bronze and has many flower leis around his neck. We also left our leis here before flying home. The views are very scenic and it makes for a nice walk along the beach.
    Written 23 January 2025
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  • Rox
    Trinidad10 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    It was just surreal, just as you see it when you look it up, and just next door is the Honolulu Police Station. Easy landmark to assist in finding the statute.
    Written 20 November 2024
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  • pchnmain
    LA/OC961 contributions
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    Fort Derussy Beach Park is a major piece of green space at one end of the Waikiki tourist zone. The "Brothers in Valor Memorial" is adjacent and holds a conspicuous spot, as you travel along Kalākaua Avenue. This monument honors the World War II Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the Military Intelligence Service, and the 1399th Engineer Construction Battalion. Each of these units had roots in Hawaii and rendered great service to the nation.

    The footprint of the monument is large; yet the elements that make up the memorial are not. There is focal monument in the center, and four quadrant markers at perimeter compass points. It's a modest monument, relative to the contributions these men made.

    I fear that like a lot of monuments, they become part of the environment in which they occupy. And as it becomes a part of the landscape, people forget or ignore what the monument is all about.

    As you go for a walk or run, it's worth taking ten minutes or so to read the four panels and learn about these men and their service.
    Written 21 August 2024
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  • Brown_Samantha
    Kennewick, WA1,824 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Not much time needed to visit this. They have railing put up around the flame and one homeless guy was sleeping on the bench nearby.

    Stopped here before our Iolani Palace tour. Free and no time investment. A nice sculpture memorial.
    Written 30 August 2023
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