US Marines Land in Hawaii: The Queen's Days Are Numbered
Queen Liliuokalani didn't stand a chance. U.S. Marines stormed Honolulu's streets, bayonets gleaming, to crush Hawaii's last moment of indigenous sovereignty. And they did it with brutal efficiency: protecting American sugar plantation interests by forcibly removing the kingdom's rightful monarch. She'd tried to restore Native Hawaiian political power—a direct threat to white businessmen who'd already gutted her constitutional authority. But gunboats and Marines spoke louder than her royal decree. Within days, Hawaii would be transformed from an independent kingdom to an American-controlled territory.
January 13, 1893
133 years ago
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