Thomas Square Park
On July 26 Admiral Richard Darton Thomas sailed into Honolulu harbor on his flagship HMS Dublin. He became the local representative of the British Commission (the government of the Provisional Cession) by out-ranking Lord George Paulet. His intention was to end the occupation of the Hawaiian Islands by the British. On July 31, he handed the islands back to King Kamehameha III who said the words 'Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono' in a speech during a ceremony to mark his restoration. Roughly translated it means "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness" and has become the state motto of Hawaii.
Kamehameha III named the place where the ceremony was held in Downtown Honolulu as Thomas Square.
Thomas Square Park
On July 26 Admiral Richard Darton Thomas sailed into Honolulu harbor on his flagship HMS Dublin. He became the local representative of the British Commission (the government of the Provisional Cession) by out-ranking Lord George Paulet. His intention was to end the occupation of the Hawaiian Islands by the British. On July 31, he handed the islands back to King Kamehameha III who said the words 'Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono' in a speech during a ceremony to mark his restoration. Roughly translated it means "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness" and has become the state motto of Hawaii.
Kamehameha III named the place where the ceremony was held in Downtown Honolulu as Thomas Square.