Big Island’s “Afternoon at Hulihee Palace” lineup salutes Hawaiian culture, history

Hulihee Palace — situated near the center of the Big Island’s historic Kailua-Kona area and known for its Hawaiian and Victorian artifacts — is hosting monthly heritage-focused days called An Afternoon at Hulihee Palace.

This month’s event, set for 4 p.m. Sun., July 15 on the palace grounds, remembers the late John Adams Kuakini (1789-1844). A cousin to King Kamehameha I and governor of the Big Island, Kuakini who built Hulihee Palace and Mokuaikaua Church, which sits directly across from the palace on Alii Drive.

— Hawaii Magazine