A Dark Day in 1893

US Marines "Storm" Iolani Palace Jan 1893

Spent all day running a very slow scanner. It was attached to an even slower vintage Dell XP computer – but fortunately the Airness was willing to drive the scanner. Which made things go faster than they would have gone using the Dell. Thought you might like to see the US Marines storming Iolani Palace. Queen Lili’uokalani had decided not to fight, and the front gate was open… but the Marines decided to go over the fence. There were 3 or 4 interesting images. This is a part of one. Most of them  are best forgotten …

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