WELCOME BACK TO "LIVING
808."
THE 100TH YEAR VERSE OF THE END
OF WORLD WAR I WILL BE
COMMEMORATED VETERANS DAY AT THE
WAIKIKI MEMORIAL.
IT WILL HONOR OUR ANCESTORS WHO
AIDED THE WAR.
HERE WITH MORE ON THAT, DONNA
CHING WHO IS THE WORLD WAR I
CENTENNIAL TASK FORCE VICE
CHAIRMAN AND MANNY MANCHESTER.
YOU LOOK GREAT, BY THE WAY.
THANK YOU.
PART OF THE TASK FORCE, I
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS TASK
FORCE.
WHY WAS IT EVEN ORGANIZED?
WELL, WE'RE COMING UP ON THE
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
ARMISTICE, WHEN THE GUNS STOPPED
FIRING IN EUROPE ON THE 11TH
HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH
MONTH IN 1918 AND THIS WAS A
HUGE EVENT, THE WORLD'S FIRST
PATRIOTISM AND GREAT SACRIFICE.
WE GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED
MEETING IN 2015, AND WE HAVE HAD
ABOUT 22 EVENTS SINCE THEN.
OUR FIRST REAL BIG EVENT WAS ON
APRIL SECOND AND THIS WAS A
COMMEMORATIVE EVENT AT ALOHA
TOWER TO REMEMBER THE MERCHANT
MARINERS WHO WENT DOWN WITH THE
OTHER MERCHANT MARINERS ON THE
AAAAZTEC.
WE HAD THREE US SPECIALOUS
SIGHTINGS, A SHARK, A HUGE SEA
TURTLE AND WE ACTUALLY SAW, I
LIKE TO THINK I COUNTED SIX
IMPORTANT ISES JUMPING BY THE
BUOY.
IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.
WE HAD DIGNITARIES AND REGULAR
VETERANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
WE'VE HAD, AS I SAID, ABOUT 22
OTHER EVENTS AND WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD AND CULMINATING THIS
SUNDAY ON THE 11TH WITH A WHOLE
SERIES OF EVENTS THAT DONALD
WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT LATER.
YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I ALREADY KNOW BUT I'M GOING TO
WHY WORLD WAR I, WHY SHOULD WE
CARE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED SO LONG AGO?
WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE
VIETNAM WAR, A LOT ABOUT WORLD
THERE ARE NO MORE LIVING
VETERANS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
FROM WORLD WAR I, THE LAST ONE
DIED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO AT THE
AGE OF 104.
WOW.
IT'S HISTORY THAT'S REALLY
FADING FROM MEMORY, AND FOR ME
WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT IS REALLY
THE DEPTH AND DIVERSITY OF
HAWAI'I'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE
GREAT WAR.
EVEN THOUGH WE WERE JUST A
TERRITORY AT THE TIME, PEOPLE
VOLUNTEERED ON MAPS.
HAWAI'I HAD THE BIGGEST
VOLUNTEER RESPONSE TO THE DRAFT
IT WAS THE NATIVE HAWAIIANS.
IT WAS OUR IMMIGRANT
POPULATIONS, FILIPINOS, CHINESE,
JAPANESE STEPPED FORWARD IN HUGE
NUMBERS.
IT WASN'T JUST THE MILITARY
CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL.
WE HAD CIVIC CONTRIBUTIONS SO
PEOPLE WERE VOLUNTEERING FOR THE
RED CROSS AND FOOD RATIONING AND
ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT
THE REGULAR CIVILIAN POPULATION
MADE, THE KNITTING CAMPAIGNS AND
SO FORTH.
IT WAS JUST -- IT'S PART OF
HAWAI'I'S HISTORY THAT'S VERY
RICH AND THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
REMEMBER.
I DON'T THINK -- A LOT OF
PEOPLE MAY KNOW THAT HAWAI'I'S
HISTORY GOES BACK TO WORLD WAR
I.
WORLD WAR II.
DO YOU HAVE ANY STORIES YOU CAN
TELL US ABOUT?
SURE, EVERYBODY WAS INVOLVED
IN THIS EFFORT HERE IN HAWAI'I
FROM THE PEOPLE WORKING ON THE
PLANTATIONS, ALL THE WAY UP TO
QUEEN LYDIA LILIUOKALANI AND
PRINCE KALANEANEOLE KUHIO WERE
THE WAR EFFORT AND SOME OF THE
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS THAT WERE
GOING ON.
THE FIREMEN AND THE POLICEMEN
AND A NUMBER OF WOMEN'S CIVIC
ORGANIZATIONS, DAUGHTERS OF THE
HAWAIIAN WARRIORS TOOK PART IN
KNITTING VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS
THAT WERE NEEDED BY THE SOLDIERS
IN THE FRONT LINES.
SO YOU HAD ALL OF THESE PEOPLE
FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT CLASSES
AND ETHNIC GROUPS AS DAN THAT'S
AS DONNA HASTALKED ABOUT, ALL KNITTING IN
BE ABLE TO WEATHER THE TRENCHES
ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
A GREAT EVENT ON SUNDAY.
LET'S RECAP REAL QUICK.
LET'S RECAP WHAT FOLKS CAN
EXPECT AND WHERE FOLKS CAN GET
SOME INFORMATION ON HOW TO
ATTEND.
SURE .
THE EVENT ITSELF IS GOING TO BE
ON NOVEMBER 11TH.
IT'S A FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES.
WE'VE GOT CONCERTS, THE HARRY
JAMES ORCHESTRA IS COMING TO
TOWN SO WE ENCOURAGE THE
BALLROOM DANCERS TO COME DOWN
AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
WE'VE GOT THE NEW ORLEANS STYLE
BIG BRASS BAND FROM THE MARINE
CORPS.
THEY ARE GOING TO PLAY "UPTOWN
FUNK" FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO
DIDN'T GET TICKETS TO BRUNO
MARS.
REENACTMENTS IN HISTORY,
HISTORICAL CONVERSATIONS TO BE
HAD IN OUR TOP STORY AREA OF OUR
MUSEUM WHICH WILL HAVE EXHIBITS
AND WE REALLY DO ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO GO ON-LINE AND FIND
OUT MORE INFORMATION.
WE'VE GOT OUR FULL SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS AT WORLD WAR THE NUMBER
ONE.ORG.
HAWAI'IWORLDWAR1.ORG.
THIS IS A GLOBAL EVENT AND
IT'S A NATIONAL EVENT SO WE
WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK
AT THE NATIONAL U.S. COMMISSION
WEBSITE.
FRANCE IS DOING THEIR THING.
ALL OF EUROPE IS CELEBRATING
WITH US ON THAT VERY DAY SO IT'S
A VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
HAWAI'I TO BE CONNECTED TO THE
WORLD THROUGH AN EVENT THAT
PEOPLE ARE COMMEMORATING
TOGETHER.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR
ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE A
GREAT EVENT ON SUNDAY.
WE HOPE THE WEATHER HOLDS UP.
WE TRY TO MAKE IT ON OVER THERE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY
INTERESTING AND MEMORABLE EVENT.
STAND UP SOP EVERYBODY CAN
SEE THAT OUTFIT.