Location: Adult Reading Room – Hawaii & Pacific Section

2025 marked the 10th anniversary of Honouliuli National Historic Site’s designation as a national park—a milestone in preserving one of Hawaiʻi’s most powerful World War II stories.

Hidden in a gulch on Oʻahu, Honouliuli was the largest and longest-used incarceration site in Hawaiʻi during the war. It unjustly held more than 400 Japanese American and European American civilians under martial law, along with over 4,000 prisoners of war from Okinawa, Korea, Japan, and Italy. Today, the park serves as a reminder of the impact of war on civil liberties and human rights.

To commemorate this anniversary, Kaimuki Public Library will be hosting a pop-up exhibit which will be on display in the library throughout the months of February and March.  In addition, the library will also be offering a recommended reading list along with a book display with titles from this list.  

Mahalo to the U.S. National Park Service for generously allowing the library to display the banners from this pop-up exhibit. To learn more, visit the U.S. National Park Service’s website and follow @HonouliuliNPS on Honouliuli National Park Service Facebook Page and Honouliuli Nation Park Service Instagram Page.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, or activity should contact library staff as soon as possible. Advance requests 48 hours or more before the event are encouraged, but not required. All programs are subject to change. See a schedule of upcoming events on the HSPLS Events Calendar.