Peter Apo: How A Violent Battle In 1819 Still Impacts Hawaii Today - Honolulu Civil Beat
Peter Apo: How A Violent Battle In 1819 Still Impacts Hawaii Today
The transition to Christianity that happened after the battle of Kuamo‘o left Hawaiians completely vulnerable to colonialism.
About the Author
Peter Apo is a former trustee of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and legislator. He is the president of the Peter Apo Company, a cultural tourism consulting company to the visitor industry. He has also been the arts and culture director for Honolulu, the city’s director of Waikiki Development and served as special assistant on Hawaiian affairs to Gov. Ben Cayetano.
families here. churchill said, and my family greeted them because churchill [laughter] was from his american roots, an american india. right. these people were international, global figures in their roots. i think we have to remember that. now, if you re from kansas, you re in the middle of the country. eisenhower s in the middle of the country. if you re at all enterprising, you reach out. eisenhower was an international figure. my father happened to know him as a cadet at west point, as commandant general of west point and as president. my father was an international-type person. that s a lower social order, but he knew these people. well you know, they re international people. we re immigrants. we re world people. no, that s an excellent point, and i would make one other point about eisenhower which is often ignored. he was, he was from kansas, but he was a german-american. and he was, he was very conscious of the fact that he was a german-american. and one o