So many key events in Hawaiʻi's history happened in January. For a sequence of events and a sense of the times, we turn to Zita Cup Choy. She is ʻIolani Palace historian and says Honolulu in the 1890s was a bustling international seaport.
Cup Choy leads an intimate White Glove tour of special objects in the Throne Room, State Dining Room, Library, and Palace Attic on Thursdays. Click here for more information.
This interview aired on The Aloha Friday Conversation on Jan. 28, 2022. The Conversation airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on HPR-1.