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Posted: Friday, August 31st, 2012 8:45 AM HST
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Grover Cleveland grandson celebrates Hawaii queen
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HONOLULU (AP) — President Grover Cleveland's grandson is visiting Hawaii to celebrate the birthday of the last monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
George Cleveland will be on Oahu this weekend to attend events for Queen Liliuokalani's birthday. His grandfather is revered by many Native Hawaiians for attempting to reverse the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy.
He'll attend a re-enactment of the queen's imprisonment at Iolani Palace after the 1893 overthrow.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports he's been working closely with Hawaii's Pacific Justice & Reconciliation Center's Cleveland-Liliuokalani Education Project. He says he's occasionally the target of criticism for his partnership with the center but he believes there is some kind reparation due for the overthrow.
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