[Music] hereee [Music] [Music] fore [Music] for [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] when I think of Queen Emma I think of this woman with great strength uh great conviction and great faith she was the Diana of her time because she's not only well-loved or well remembered here in the islands she was loved throughout the world she was a humble person so ha she was so strong resilient and was always there for her people [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] he [Music] [Music] [Applause] for for [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Aloha welcome to hanaya Kamal the queen Emma Summer Palace nestled in nanu Valley I am kumula Charan Cola I'll be your traveling companion through this story of our beloved Queen Queen Emma her life and Legacy through this journey you will discover the Legacy left by Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV and their impact on Havi that endures today Emma was born on January 2nd 1836 the great granddaughter of K May Emma's biological parents were George Na and Fanny K Kalani who haned their newborn daughter to Fanny's sister Grace Kam kui and Dr Thomas C B Ro as the hanay daughter of Grace Kam kui and Dr Rook Emma was raised speaking both Hawaiian and English during a time in Havi when English was rarely spoken and grew up speaking perfect English with a British accent Emma spent many hours in both the Rook Library where Dr Rook read to Emma and in her father's Medical Offices as he tended to the sick Emma assisting at Dr rook's Apprentice saw firsthand how foreign diseases were affecting the native Hawaiian population as a young girl Emma expressed herself through singing playing the piano dancing and riding horses becoming an accomplished equestrian as such she was known as vah Holo or lady who likes to ride [Music] [Music] come [Music] my Coco I have [Music] for [Music] [Music] foree [Music] [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Music] [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] on June 19th 1856 at the age of 20 Emma married Alexander yolani liol Lio grandson of King Kamehameha I after the death of his uncle and hanay father kawii Kamehameha III Leo had ascended the throne as King Kamehameha IV like Emma Alexander leolo spoke both Hawaiian and English and as a young man he had traveled to England and the United States giving the Future King a broad view of the world outside Havi the king and his Queen were a youthful handsome couple surely the Hawaiian kingdom was in the hands of humble benevolent monarchs [Music] [Applause] [Music] who [Music] [Music] [Music] holy why May [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] are for [Music] [Applause] [Music] in 1857 John Young II Emma's Uncle bequeathed hanaya Kamal which means nurtured by the moon to Queen Emma and King Kamehameha ivth this nuuanu home built by businessman John Lewis became a place of retreat for Emma and Alexander the home had been a pleasant country Retreat for the royal family they often spent time in the cool Valley of state to escape the dust and heat of Honolulu just a few miles [Music] [Music] away [Music] for [Music] [Music] [Music] for fore foree fore [Music] [Music] foree fore fore [Music] spee [Music] [Applause] Coco hey hey [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] way for [Laughter] [Music] on May 20th 1858 Havi welcomed a new heir to the throne Albert Edward kawii Papa Kamehameha was born to Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV and as such was crowned Prince to the kingdom of havayi and when the baby was born the King was so pleased Emma was so pleased that it was celebrated throughout the Hawaiian Kingdom it was so joyous because the heir to the throne had finally arrived in addition to spending their time at the Summer Palace the king and queen enjoyed trips to the island of kaai a place whose people Ador the beautiful queen to honor the Young Prince Robert Wy the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Hawaiian Kingdom named his North Kawaii estate Princeville [Music] [Music] for [Music] fore [Music] fore [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] way fore [Music] for [Music] for for for [Music] [Music] for [Music] [Music] no [Music] he [Music] em in 1862 at the age of four Prince Albert Fell ill during his illness Queen Victoria of England lifelong friend to Emma consented to be the Godmother to the young prince and sent a silver christening cup [Music] Prince Albert Edward Ki Le Papa kameha the last child to be born to a reigning Hawaiian Monarch passed in August of 1862 Madam as a wife and fond mother my heart overflows with gratitude to your majesty for the honor which you have have been so graciously pleased to render to the king my husband and to our only son in condescending to become his sponsor at his baptism but alas your Majesty's spiritual relation to my beloved child has been of short duration for it pleased almighty God in his inscrutable provid to call him away from this world on the 17th August on a few days after his baptism your good and grateful friend Emma after the death of her young son Queen Emma took the name kalele oani Flight of the Heavenly one [Music] [Music] [Music] look oh [Music] [Music] fore [Music] there to one know [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] fore [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] fore foree [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] know know [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] m m the passing of Prince Albert Edward K Ki Le Papa aeh cast deep sorrow over the Hawaiian Kingdom the sorrow that came with the death of Prince Albert would foreshadow more grief less than a year after the passing of his son King Kamehameha IV died after a severe asthma attack hanaya Kamal became a place of sorrow the happy sounds of children were gone the youthful vibrancy of Alexander leolo was extinguished Emma mourned at the grave of her husband and son for months refusing food and respit it is said that when Emma returned to Hana Kamal she converted the dining room in the front of the palace into her bedroom so that she could hear the sounds coming from the maid's quarters King Kamehameha V sent Queen Emma to Latin America North America Europe and Great Britain where she spent the night at Windsor Castle as a guest of Queen Victoria after luncheon I received Queen Emma the widowed Queen of the Sandwich Islands or Hawaii met her in the corridor and nothing could be nicer or more dignified than her manner she was moved when I spoke to her of her great Misfortune in losing her only child well the travel was to raise funds to support the establishment of the Anglican Church in Havi King Kamehameha V also sought to help Emma heal my motives in visiting London are not for display or enjoyment they are with your kind assistance and the blessings of God to save if possible my dying people [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] we for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] know [Music] come now [Music] [Music] oh my [Music] [Music] Al may your ways be blessed be safe take care Dowager Queen Emma now widowed and childless dedicated herself to completing work that she had begun with her now deceased husband work that would leave a legacy that even today shows the benevolence of a king and queen who sought only to perpetuate their [Music] people I Lua colu ha [Music] [Music] Keep for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] o [Music] [Music] for for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] he no as monarchs King Kamehameha IV and queen Emma saw the need to care for their people physically spiritually and intellectually while he was alive and ruling King Kamehameha IV saw that diseases brought to Hawaii by foreigners were decimating the Hawaiian population he proposed building a hospital to help care for his people using Western medicine to help fund the hospital the king and queen walked the dusty streets of Honolulu going door to door to ask for donations the common people believed that Queen Emma did really care for them the hospital that bears her name will ever remain a memorial of her regard for the Hawaiian race the king and the queen were at a time when it it was very difficult to establish healthc care in the way we think of healthcare today so they really put their Mana their man their heartfelt intensity and their thoughts into creating this by going door too to fundraise it was kind of a new venture for them to care for the spiritual well-being of the Hawaiian people Queen Emma and King Kamehameha IV both Christians sought to establish a western religious tradition in Havi they turned to the Anglican Church of England both the king and the queen had a positive relationship with England and the monarchy uh and unlike their relationship with Americans it was a way of having a church that represented an identity that maintained U Hawaiian sovereignty and allowed them to maintain their Kingdom during a very difficult time the king writes that in his preface to the book of common prayer I bringing this church in here because its Traditions are like the traditions we had before there were rituals there were prayers there was chanting there were all these things that we don't have that the others have not brought or they don't think is important to us but they bring a life to our religious experience while he was still alive King kamehame IV had opened Ilan school for boys queen Emma continuing the support of the Anglican church and looking to fill the educational needs of young women established St Andrews Prairie School for Girls they asked Queen Victoria to send sisters over from Great Britain to start St Andrew's priy School her presence is evident with celebrations um the Olo you hear the girls chanting in the [Applause] hallway [Music] for fore [Music] [Music] my [Applause] [Applause] Coco [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] for my [Music] [Applause] for for [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] after King Kamehameha ivth passed Queen Emma made it her mission to finish every Endeavor that she and Alexander had started Queen's Hospital opened in 1859 St Andrews PRI admitted their first young women in 1867 and the Cathedral of St Andrew opened its doors in 1866 a year after Emma died through their benevolence King Kamehameha IV and queen Emma left a legacy that transcended their time on Earth i h k no [Applause] [Music] Emma [Applause] [Music] [Music] for for [Music] Queen Emma is dead we will not think her dead her good deeds like those of other good women of her race will live after her in them she will live in that Noble hospital she will live in her Christian example she will live and those who knew her loved her cherished her can say with resignation There Is No Death Queen Emma passed away on April 25th 1885 today she lives in the hearts and minds of those who are beneficiaries of the Legacy left by King Kamehameha IV and queen Emma the heritage of Queen Emma for me rests in the hope for the future it was a delight in other human beings and the care she gave them her reach Not only was so far into the future but it would endure everything that came after her their love for the people is with us today it never died and that's why we want to give the gifts like language so that the presence is heard they are heard they are there at Communion Emma's strength makes this place come alive if I had the opportunity to sit down with Queen Emma I think I would love to share about what her Legacy has grown to and what we've been able to accomplish the thing that she has taught me the most and something that will help me in the future is just to be strong independent and confident Mahal for joining us on this wonderful Journey the life and the legacy of Queen Emma Aloha [Music] hey [Laughter] [Music] [Music] for [Music] for [Music] [Music] for [Music] fore for [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] for