The chapel is European, the sausage tree is African, and the tombs on this site are Hawaiian. On these grounds are buried the two dynasties of Hawaiian royals: the Kamehameha rulers and the Kalakaua rulers. Before Hawaii became a U.S. territory, it was a kingdom of its own. [2011]
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