King Kamehameha Day
As a few of you may know we have been blogging a new holiday every day. Today June 11th happens to be a National Celebration more than an actual holiday.
Today is National King Kamehameha Day. Many people do not realize that this day exists or what it even means. King Kamehameha was a Hawaiian monarch who successfully declared the islands of Hawaii a unified Kingdom in 1810.
To this day King Kamehameha Day is still celebrated with a state wide floral parade. After the parade takes place there is a traditional draping ceremony that dates back to 1901. This draping ceremony consists of draped several leis upon the Kin Kamehameha statue.
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