Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Hawaii's Government Overthrown by Businessmen and Sugar Planters

The New York Times noted that yesterday marked the 113th year since "Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate." On the centennial in 1993 the Senate passed a resolution of apology, the text of which is actually interesting to read.

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