# Happy Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116 "2006-03-27T17:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/1 "2006-03-27T17:51:29Z")
Today is the birthday of [Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole](http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Kuhio_Kalanianaole). ---
**Author:** ![JustAnotherGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@JustAnotherGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustAnotherGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/2 "2006-03-27T17:54:13Z")
**ouryL** , you put in a double html:// Here’s the > [@ouryL](#): > > Fixed link[Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana’ole](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah_Kuhio_Kalanianaole). ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/3 "2006-03-27T17:58:54Z")
He was hard done by, all right. Is there a memorial to him? ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/4 "2006-03-28T02:04:39Z")
Make merry, Monarch. There’s a huge festival in his honor. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/5 "2006-03-28T04:22:19Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Make merry, Monarch. There’s a huge festival in his honor. Good. I’m glad to hear that. Raising my glass to his memory. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/6 "2006-03-28T05:41:16Z")
Actually the [Merrie Monarch Festival](http://merriemonarchfestival.org) is named after King David Kalakaua, who restored the hula. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/7 "2006-03-28T06:08:15Z")
He’s got a statue about 5 blocks that way and a few blocks that way. Oddly enough it’s not on the street named after him which is only 2 blocks that way. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/8 "2006-03-28T06:19:35Z")
And he’s got an [okina](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=362225&highlight=spelling+hawai%27i) in his name too! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-prince-jonah-kuhio-kalanianaole-day/350116/9 "2006-03-28T07:15:58Z")
> [@Ice Wolf](#): > > Is there a memorial to him? Oh, and it’s a state holiday. Those relaxing days off I don’t get. I haven’t had a day off since President’s Day in Feb and wont get one till Memorial Day in May. Rackin’ frackin’ varmints!