“The Kamehameha Statue stands prominently in front of Ali’iolani Hale in Honolulu, Hawai’i. The statue had its origins in 1878 when Walter Gibson, a member of the Hawaiian government at the time, wanted to commemorate the 100 year “discovery” of Hawai’i by Captain Cook. The legislature appropriated $10,000 for the project and made Gibson the director of the project, which originally included native Hawaiians but they soon were off the project and Gibson ran the project by himself. Gibson contacted Thomas R. Gould a Boston sculptor living abroad in Florence, Italy to create the statue.“

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