King Kamehameha founded the kingdom of Hawaii. You have six chances to see this famous statue of Kamehameha the Great. The original was cast by Thomas Gould in 1883. After it was lost during a shipwreck, a replacement was made and erected in Honolulu at Ali’iōlani Hale, the fictional headquarters of Hawaii Five-O. The first statue was later recovered and stands in Kohala, David Kalākaua’s birthplace. This 14 foot replica near downtown Hilo was created by R. Sandrin in 1963. Other reproductions are at Hawaii’s state capitol, a resort on Maui and in Las Vegas.
