Ku i ka pono; ku'e i ka hewa

My grandfather signed the Hui Aloha 'Aina petition against annexation to the U.S. at a young age. As a result of this encounter, he was recruited to go to Hilo Boarding School and left rural Kaua'i. He is here with my greatgrandmother who moved from Hana to Manana to Anahola to receive konohiki land from an 'ohana member. Most of the families of Anahola Kai singed the Ku'e Petition.
Read about this petition: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/petition.html

Anti Annexation Memorial

Here I am next to the name of a relative who signed the Anti Annexation petition gathered by the Hui Aloha 'Aina. Nearly 21,000 signatures were gathered and presente to the U.S. Congress. The treaty never passed and so there was never a treaty of annexation as is mythologized. See http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/annexation/pet-intro.html