

| Fri, Dec 9, 2022 | 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Mix and mingle with your community and celebrate 60 years of preserving Lahaina’s history at Lahaina Restoration's 60th Anniversary and Annual Meeting. This complimentary event will feature an opportunity to meet the board and staff of Lahaina Restoration Foundation. Showing 60 years of Lahaina’s restoration projects, to be projected onto a large screen for all to enjoy. There will be a 20 minute dramatic historic presentation by actor, Albert Ueligitone, of Tau’a. Tauʻa (ca. 1792-1885) -- was Tahitian aliʻi who was an early convert to Protestant Christianity on the island of Huahine-iti (little Huahine). He became a deacon in the church in Tahiti under Rev. William Ellis of the London Missionary Society. He was largely responsible for the conversion of Queen Keōpūolani, King Kamehameha I’s highest ranking wife, in 1823. He spent most of his life in Hawaiʻi in and around Lahaina, Maui. Tauʻā also worked with Rev. William Richards and Davida Malo to translate portions of the Bible. He remained active in the churches around Lahaina until his death in 1885. He is buried at Waineʻe Graveyard at Waiola Church in Lahaina next to his Tahitian first wife, Tauʻāwahine. Complimentary food and beverages will also be provided.