King Kamehameha statue's spear found on banks of channel
HONOLULU (AP) — Detectives
have found the spear that was taken from King Kamehameha's
(cah-MEH'-ha-MEH'-ha) statue on Hawaii's Big Island.
Police will examine the spear segment for forensic evidence and then return it to a Kamehameha Schools alumni group, which owns the statue, Esteban said. Kamehameha I, also called Kamehameha the Great, is known for uniting the Hawaiian islands in 1810. The statue in downtown Hilo near Wailoa (wy-LOH'-ah) State Park is one of several bearing his likeness, including ones in downtown Honolulu and in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
According to a local historian, the statue was originally installed on Kauai, but Big Island officials arranged to move it to the island where Kamehameha was born, Esteban said. This is the most notable incident to happen to the statue since it was dedicated in 1997, he said.
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