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408 SUVCW Dept. of California & Pacific - Civil War & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorials Project HI – HONOLULU Home: http://www.suvpac.org/memorials.html Case Name: HI-Honolulu-Honolulu-EwaElementary-Statue-Lincoln-1944 State: Hawaii Type: County: Honolulu Statue, bronze, depicting Abraham Lincoln splitting logs. Location: Ewa Elementary School, 91-1280 Renton Road, Ewa Beach, HI. Photos: Right: Photo of statue, courtesy John Riggs (Carlin Camp 25), Latitude: North 21.34420 (Google Earth) 2014. [additional photos needed] Longitude: West 158.03417 Reported by: Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War Researched by: Status: Under Assessment X Needs Further Investigation Completed CWM-61 (assessment form) available Form CWM-62 (grant application) available Notes: Described in Civil War Union Monuments (Baruch & Beckman, 1978) as follows: "Lincoln Statue, Lincoln, The Frontiersman, sculptor, Avard Fairbanks, dedicated 1944, located on the grounds of Ewa Elementary School. Mrs. Katherine Burke, a former principal of the school, left money in her will, in 1935, to begin the project. Public subscription added to the fund, and the sculptor, Mr. Fairbanks, who had visited Hawaii, contributed his services." Copyright © 2015 — Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This information is copyrighted. It is intended to provide information regarding monuments and memorials associated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Civil War. Copies of pages and information may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 409 SUVCW Dept. of California & Pacific - Civil War & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorials Project Case Name: HI-Honolulu-Honolulu-Fort Shafter-M1857-Napoleon cannons State: Hawaii Type: County: Honolulu Two Model 1857 12-pdr Napoleon cannons, bronze: Location: Registry #___, foundry Alger, foundry #1487, cast ___. Marks illegible due to wear and Honolulu, Island of Oahu. coated paint. Fort Shafter, U. S. Army Public Works Department, Registry #236, foundry Revere, inspector TJR [Thomas J. Rodman], foundry #222, cast 1863, storage, along side of building #347. weight 1225 pounds. Photos: Latitude: North Right: Photo of the two cannons in Longitude: West storage at Fort Shafter, courtesy Billy Ogan, 1999 [additional photos needed] Reported by: Jim Bender, 2013 Researched by: Billy G. Ogan, 20 May 1999 Status: Under Assessment X Needs Further Investigation X Completed CWM-61 (assessment form) available Form CWM-62 (grant application) available Form 61 link: [Assessments completed in 1999, however, no Form CWM-61 is available] Notes: Formerly on display at the Cannon Club on Diamond Head, Oahu. The guns were removed to Fort Shafter in 1997 when the Cannon Club closed. As of 1999, they were in outdoor storage near Building #347 at Fort Shafter. Copyright © 2015 — Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This information is copyrighted. It is intended to provide information regarding monuments and memorials associated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Civil War. Copies of pages and information may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 410 SUVCW Dept. of California & Pacific - Civil War & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorials Project Case Name: HI-Honolulu-NationalCemofPacific-Civil War Mon-2010 State: Hawaii Type: County: Honolulu Bronze plaque mounted on granite base. Location: National Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 2177 Puowaina Drive, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, near the Photos: overlook. Right: Photo of plaque, courtesy John Riggs, Carlin Latitude: North Camp 25, January 2014. [additional photos on file] Longitude: West Reported by: Dean Enderlin (DMO), Camp #23, March 2013 Researched by: John Riggs, Camp #25, 2013 Status: X Under Assessment X Needs Further Investigation Completed CWM-61 (assessment form) available Form CWM-62 (grant application) available Notes: Dedicated 26 August 2010. Design includes a map image of the Hawaiian Islands, 50-star flag of the United States, first national flag of the Confederacy, and the state flag of Hawaii. Inscription: He Ho'omana'o No (In Memory of) Hawai'i Sons of the Civil War Dedicated to the brave souls from Hawai'i who served in the American Civil War from 1861-1865. Although the Kingdom of Hawai'i declared itself neutral in the great conflict, some Hawai'i citizens joined the Union and Confederate forces to fight for a cause they supported and to which they were willing to give their last full measure of devotion. This monument is sponsored by the Hawai'i Sons of the Civil War Memorial Committee, the Hawai'i Civil War Round Table, O'ahu Cemetery and many individuals. Copyright © 2015 — Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This information is copyrighted. It is intended to provide information regarding monuments and memorials associated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Civil War. Copies of pages and information may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 411 SUVCW Dept. of California & Pacific - Civil War & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorials Project Case Name: HI-Honolulu-Honolulu-NGArmory-M1861-Ordnance Rifles-3inch State: Hawaii Type: County: Honolulu Two Model 1861 3-inch Ordnance Rifles: Location: Registry #136, foundry Phoenix, foundry #147 (inferred), inspector JMW [James M. Reported to have been on display in front of the Whittemore], cast 1862, weight 817 pounds, rifling 7 right hand. Altered to breech-loading National Guard armory in Honolulu, Island of Oahu. salute gun. Registry #466, foundry Phoenix, foundry #500 (inferred), inspector JMW, cast 1862, weight 817 pounds, rifling 7 right hand. Altered to breech-loading salute gun. Photos: Latitude: North [photos needed] Longitude: West Reported by: Wayne Stark, 1988; Jim Bender, 2013 Researched by: Billy G. Ogan, 1999 Status: Under Assessment X Needs Further Investigation Completed CWM-61 (assessment form) available Form CWM-62 (grant application) available Notes: Part of a set of six sent to Hawaii by the government. Two other pieces are on display in a park in Kaunakakai on Molokai. The location of the other two is not known. The National Guard is unaware of the current location of these guns, per letter to Billy Ogan from Maj-Gen. Edward V. Richardson, dated 30 April 1999. Copyright © 2015 — Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This information is copyrighted. It is intended to provide information regarding monuments and memorials associated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Civil War. Copies of pages and information may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 412 SUVCW Dept. of California & Pacific - Civil War & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorials Project Case Name: HI-Honolulu-Honolulu-OahuCem-GAR Plot State: Hawaii Type: County: Honolulu Decorative elements in the plot included five cannons (gifts to the GAR by the king), and a pyramidal Location: monument (cenotaph). The cannons were arrayed with one on each corner of the plot and one in the GAR Plot, Oahu Cemetery, 2162 Nuuanu Ave center. The central cannon was a carronade mounted on a naval carriage. Associated with a flag pole Honolulu, HI which was replaced in the 1950's, and a chain fence supported by pipe stanchions. Photos: Latitude: North 21.32493 (Google Earth) Right: Historic photo of a carronade Longitude: West 157.84952 on display in the GAR Plot, Oahu (Coordinates centered at the flag pole) Cemetery, courtesy Hawaii State Archives, copied by Billy Ogan, Reported by: 1999 [additional photos needed] Billy G. Ogan, 1999 Researched by: Billy G. Ogan, 1999 Status: Under Assessment X Needs Further Investigation Completed CWM-61 (assessment form) available Form CWM-62 (grant application) available Notes: The cannons were a gift to the Grand Army of the Republic by King David Kalakaua in 1884. The central cannon has been removed from the plot, however, the corner cannons remain, mounted muzzle-up at the corners of the plot. The chain fence and pyramidal monument are also no longer present at the site. Copyright © 2015 — Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. This information is copyrighted. It is intended to provide information regarding monuments and memorials associated with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Civil War. Copies of pages and information may be made for personal use but commercial use of these pages shall not be allowed without the expressed, written consent of the Dept. of CA & Pacific, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. 413 SUVCW Dept. of California & Pacific - Civil War & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorials Project Case Name: HI-Honolulu-Honolulu-PunahouSchool-Plaque-Armstrong-1913 State: Hawaii Type: County: Honolulu Plaque, bronze, depicting bust of Armstrong in bas relief, on display on wall in the hallway of Pauahi Location: Hall. Artist, Alfred Bertram Pegram. Commissioned by The Armstrong