Liliuokalani
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
Queen of Hawaii; born Sept. 2, 1838. She was a sister of King Kalakaua, whom she succeeded as queen. She married John O. Dominis, an American, who became governor of Oahu. He died in 1891 and in the same year she ascended the throne. In 1893 she was deposed, the islanders adopting a republican form of government. She used every effort to regain her supremacy and endeavored to secure assistance from the United States, visiting Washystone View C THE EMANC ABRAHAM LINCOL Keystone View Company THE EMANCIPATION GROUP BY THOMAS BALL. THIS BRONZE GROUP STANDS IN LINCOLN SQUARE, WASHINGTON Enc. Vol. 5-p. 484 Keystone View Company A CABINET MEETING WHILE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS PRESIDENT Keystone View Company A CABINET MEETING WHILE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS. PRESIDENT Keystone V MONTGOMERY BLAID SALMON P.CHASE SEC OF THE TREASURY SAL HAMLIN VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES JOHN PUSHER WILIJAM H.SEWARD SEC. OF STATE GIDEON WELLES SEC OF THE NAYY CALEB 8.SMITH EX-SEC OF THE INT. ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIMON CAMERON EX-SEC.BF WAR EDWIN M. STANTON SEC OF WAR Keystone View Company ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET FIELD, ILL. ◎ Ewing Galloway THE HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Ewing Galloway THE MEMORIAL BUILDING BUILT OVER THE LINCOLN CABIN, HODGENVILLE, KY. Keystone View Company THE MUCH-DISCUSSED STATUE OF LINCOLN BY GEORGE GRAY BARNARD. IT WAS EXHIBITED IN NEW YORK AND LATER SENT TO ENGLAND Keystone View Company THE STATUE OF LINCOLN BY GUTZON BORGLUM. THIS IS IN NEWARK, N. J. ATUE IS Keystone View Company STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY ST. GAUDENS. THIS STATUE IS IN CHICAGO CHICAGO ington in 1896 for that purpose. On the annexation of Hawaii to the United States, in 1898, she returned to the island. She revisited the United States in the winter of 1901-1902 to press her claims for indemnity on the crown lands. Died Nov. 11, 1918. See HAWAII.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's, writing in 1921 three years after her death, said simply that in 1893 she was deposed, "the islanders adopting a republican form of government." That framing has been overturned: the overthrow is now understood as a coup by American and European businessmen backed by US Marines landed from the USS Boston, and in 1993 Congress passed and President Clinton signed the Apology Resolution formally acknowledging the illegal overthrow and the fact that Hawaiians never relinquished sovereignty. Liliʻuokalani, whose name is now usually written with the Hawaiian ʻokina, is remembered less as a claimant for indemnity than as a national figure, composer of "Aloha ʻOe," author of Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, and founder of a children's trust that still operates today. Her 1895 imprisonment in ʻIolani Palace, unmentioned here, is now a fixture of the tourist and historical account.
Written for this edition, 2026.