October 22, 1990

resistance

US Halts the Bombing of Kahoʻolawe

After nearly two decades of Native Hawaiian activism led by the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana, President George H.W. Bush ordered a halt to US Navy live-fire bombing of the sacred island of Kahoʻolawe; it was conveyed to the State of Hawaii in 1994.

Sources

  1. protectkahoolaweohana.org protectkahoolaweohana.org/historical-timeline.html
  2. kahoolawe.hawaii.gov kahoolawe.hawaii.gov/history.shtml