The Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium is not only a memorial to Hawai’i history, but itself a part of that history.
The world premiere run of a new play, The Three-Year Swim Club, is a good occasion to remind ourselves that this commemoration of Hawai’i’s war dead was always meant as a living memorial, full of activity [...]
Posted in Events, Guest post on Dec 9th, 2009
The sun was up. The crowd was up. Most important, the surf was up.
And “The Eddie” was on.
One of the world’s most compelling competitions – a surfing contest that organizers refuse to run unless the waves are massive enough to scare the boardshorts off of Neptune – was on. For only the eighth time in [...]
The Friends of the Natatorium join today with our fellow citizens — in Hawai’i and across the country — in honoring and expressing everlasting gratitude to all who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Recalling the words of the famous World War I poem “In Flanders Fields,” we shall not — ever — [...]
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 11, is Veterans Day. It is a day to honor all those who have worn the uniform of our country. It is a day to thank them. But it is more than that: Tomorrow is also a time to recommit ourselves as a nation to what the president, in his Veterans Day [...]
Posted in Events, Memorial Day, Speeches on May 28th, 2009
“82 years ago, Duke Kahanamoku, the Olympic Legend and Hawaii’s original Ambassador of Aloha, inaugurated the Natatorium. What a glorious day that was.
If he could be with us today, he would be appalled and deeply saddened by what he would see. He would be outraged that our elected officials were considering demolition, because he had [...]
Posted in Events, Memorial Day on May 23rd, 2009
Advertiser Reporter Mary Vorsino in a May 17th article and Columnist David Shapiro on May 20th claimed that the Friends of the Natatorium intend to use the 21st Annual Memorial Day Service on May 24, 2009 to “launch a last-ditch fundraising drive.”
For two decades, the Napoleon/Weight Ohana and Friends of the Natatorium have faithfully [...]
Posted in Events, Memorial Day on May 18th, 2009
21ST ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE AT THE WAIKIKI WAR MEMORIAL NATATORIUM
Sunday, May 24, 10 a.m.
“Kupa’a i ke kuleana, Ka ‘ihi, Ka mahalo, a me ke kupili”
Committed to Responsibility, Respect, Reverence and Reason
Since 1989, the Friends of the Natatorium have sponsored this annual Memorial Day Weekend ceremony in memory of Hawaii’s beloved lost from all American [...]
Posted in Events on Sep 27th, 2008
A Tribute to Nancy Bannick Blaisdell Concert Hall Friday, November 7, 2008 Featuring: Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, Beebe Freitas
Tickets are Free, Seating is General Admission/Unreserved
Presenters: Chamber Music Hawaii, Friends of the Natatorium, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Hawaii Public Radio, Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, Honolulu Symphony, Historic Hawaii Foundation Kapiolani Park Preservation Society & Save Diamond Head Association
NANCY BANNICK / 1926-2008 Preservationist championed isle landmarks
Nancy Bannick’s legacy lives on [...]
Posted in Events, Memorial Day, Videos on Jun 14th, 2008
Alea and Leilani Alama Hula perform at the Natatorium
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