Off the news: No time to indulge in new state holiday

Hawaii officially recognized Nov. 28 as La Ku‘oko‘a, or Hawaiian Independence Day, in 2023. On Nov. 28, 1843 — 50 years before the overthrow of the monarchy, and more than a century before Hawaii’s statehood — the kingdom of Hawaii was recognized as independent by world powers Great Britain and France.

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