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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Visit U.S. Royalty
If your travels take you to Hawaii, we recommend a stop at only royal palace in the United States: the Iolani Palace in Honolulu, completed in 1882 for Hawaiian king David Kalakaua. After getting a taste of the elegance and extravagance of European monarch's during a world tour just prior to his coronation, Kalakaua was determined to bestow his monarchy with similar pomp and circumstance. He ordered a pair of jewel-encrusted crowns for England and filled his palace with decorative items from England, France, India and Japan. He also wanted latest home technology, so the palace featured telephones, indoor plumbing, and electric lights (even before the White House did). In time, the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by a U.S.-backed coup. For a while the palace languished, but was restored in 1978 and now serves as a museum and a symbol of Hawaiian culture.
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