This is the third visit to Hawaii for us. We had two reasons to choose this week for our visit. One is, June 11th is said to be the birthday of Kamehameha I, who consolidated the Hawaiian Dynasty, and lots of festivals and events are scheduled on every island. In other words, this week is the liveliest season in all of the Hawaii islands. The other is,,,,, I'll write about it later. Anyway, I headed for Kamehameha I's statue, where I stopped by for some time during last year's half marathon.
While walking, I came across a sad story. The war memorials of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. If FDR hadn't wanted to wage the war against Japan, the present Chinese Communists' Country wouldn't exist now and the conflicts between South and North also wouldn't have happened. I thought that lots of young men were dispatched to war from Hawaii. I paid tribute to them for a short time.
我々にとって３回目のハワイ。この時期に来たのは二つの理由がある。６月１１日がハワイ王朝を統一したカメハメハ大王の誕生日とされ、ハワイ全島が盛り上がる一週間だから。二つ目の理由は後に挙げる。で、一人でトロリーでカメハメハ大王の銅像へ向かった。去年の春、ホノルルハーフマラソンの途中で立ち寄った場所。
トロリーを降りて歩いていると、悲しい歴史に出会った。朝鮮戦争とベトナム戦争で亡くなった若者たちを悼む慰霊碑だ。ＦＤＲが日本との戦争を希望しなければ、恐らく今の中共は存在しないし、南北間の争いも無かったろうに。ハワイから出征した若者が多かったのだろう。しばし黙祷！
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