28/11/2024
As a business owner here in Hawaii, we strongly believe we are simply visitors in this beautiful place and must respect and honor our hosts in all ways .
Today we give thanks for the friendships and ohana who have brought us into this community
We celebrate LA KUOKOA with you…
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WHAT IS LA KUOKOA - INDEPENDENCE DAY IN HAWAII?
In the Hawaiian Kingdom, November 28 was an official holiday called La Kuokoa, or Independence Day. This was the day in 1843 when England and France formally recognized Hawaii’s independence.
Faced with the problem of foreign encroachment of Hawaiian territory, His Majesty King Kamehameha III deemed it prudent and necessary to dispatch a Hawaiian delegation to the United States and then to Europe, with the power to negotiate treaties and to ultimately secure the recognition of Hawaiian Independence by the major powers of the world.
In accordance with this view, Timoteo Haalilio, William Richards and Sir George Simpson were commissioned as joint Ministers Plenipotentiary on April 8, 1842.
Sir George Simpson, shortly thereafter, left for England, via Alaska and Siberia, while Mr. Haalilio and Mr. Richards departed for the United States, via Mexico and the US on July 8, 1842.
The Hawaiian delegation, while in the United States of America, secured the assurance of US President Tyler on December 19, 1842 of its recognition of Hawaiian independence, and then proceeded to meet Sir George Simpson in Europe and secure formal recognition by Great Britain and France.
On March 17, 1843, King Louis-Phillipe of France recognized Hawaiian independence at the urging of King Leopold of Belgium, and on April 1, 1843, Lord Aberdeen on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria, assured the Hawaiian delegation that:
“Her Majesty’s Government was willing and had determined to recognize the independence of the Sandwich Islands under their present sovereign.”
Formal Agreement of Recognition -
On November 28, 1843, at the Court of London, the British and French Governments entered into a formal agreement of the recognition of Hawaiian independence, with what is called the Anglo-Franco Proclamation.
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Wainiha Country Market is located on the beautiful North Shore of Kaua'i.
