Ka·me·ha·me·ha Day kə-ˌmā-ə-ˈmā-(ˌ)hä- : June 11 observed as a holiday in Hawaii in commemoration of the birthday of Kamehameha I Word History First Known Use 1925, in the meaning defined above Time Traveler The first known use of Kamehameha Day...
In 1871, the great-grandson of Kamehameha the Great, known as Kamehameha V, passed a royal decree that Kamehameha Day should be celebrated. The day was first observed on June 11, 1872, and was one of the first holidays proclaimed by the Hawaii State Legislature after Hawaii became a US st...
When Captain George Vancouver visited Hawai‘i Island in 1793, he observed that both Young and Davis “are in his [Kamehameha’s] most perfect confidence, attend him in all his excursions of business or pleasure, or expeditions of war or enterprise; and are in the habit of daily experiencing...
BY AUTHORITY. We, Kamehameha V, by the Grace of God, of the Hawaiian Islands, King, do hereby proclaim, that it is Our will and pleasure that the eleventh day of June of each year be hereafter observed as a Public Holiday in memory of Our Grand-father and Predecessor, Kamehameha I.,C...