“In Hawaii, May Day is also known as Lei Day, and is normally set aside as a day to celebrate island culture in general and native Hawaiian culture in particular. While it was invented by a poet and a local newspaper columnist in the 1920s, it has since been adopted by state and local government as well as by the residents, and has taken on a sense of general spring celebration there. The first Lei Day was proposed in 1927 in Honolulu. Leonard “Red” and Ruth Hawk composed “May Day is Lei Day in Hawai’i,” the traditional holiday song. Originally it was a contemporary fox trot, later rearranged as the Hawaiian hula song performed today.“

More:
Lei Day In Hawaii
May Day Wiki
Honolulu Sets Out To Create Worlds Longest Lei
Honolulu Lei Day Celebration
Don Blanding (One of the original founders of Lei Day)

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“A Native Hawaiian group that advocates sovereignty locked the gates of a historic palace in downtown Honolulu on Wednesday, saying it would carry out the business of what it considers the legitimate government of the islands.

State deputy sheriffs weren’t allowing anyone else to enter Iolani Palace grounds as unarmed security guards from the Hawaiian Kingdom Government group blocked all gates to the palace, which is adjacent to the state Capitol.“

• Iolani Palace: http://www.iolanipalace.org
• Hawaiian Kingdom Government: http://www.higovt.org

Source: The Associated Press

UPDATE: Sen. Will Espero Wants Answers On How Palace Takeover Occurred

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