Historic banners from the Hawaiian monarchy will make a return to Hawaiʻi

Royal banners belonging to the last king of the Hawaiian monarchy will return to Hawaiʻi next month after undergoing a year of preservation treatments in San Francisco. The banners, which are approximately 20 inches wide and 36 inches tall, were made specifically for King Kalākaua’s 50th birthday jubilee in 1886. They were processed by Queen Liliʻuokalani’s Educational Society and Queen Kapiʻolani’s hula hālau.

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