h au , ▁K au ai , ▁O ahu , ▁Mol ok ai , ▁L ā na i , ▁K ah ool a we , ▁Mau i , ▁and ▁Hawai i . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁a ▁statue ▁of ▁King ▁K ame h ame ha ▁was ▁dedicated ▁in ▁Hon ol ulu ▁by ▁King ▁David ▁Kal ā k au a ▁( this ▁was ▁a ▁duplicate , ▁because ▁the ▁original ▁statue ▁was ▁tempor arily ▁lost ▁at ▁sea ▁but ▁was ▁recovered ▁and ▁is ▁now ▁located ▁in ▁North ▁Koh ala , ▁island ▁of ▁Hawai ʻ i ). ▁There ▁are ▁duplicates ▁of ▁this ▁statue ▁in ▁E man cip ation ▁Hall ▁at ▁the ▁Capit ol ▁Vis itor ▁Center ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁and ▁in ▁H ilo , ▁island ▁of ▁Hawai ʻ i . ▁ ▁Est ab lish ment ▁King ▁K ame h ame ha ▁Day , ▁June ▁ 1 1 , ▁was ▁first ▁proc laimed ▁by ▁K ame h ame ha ▁V ▁( on ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 8 7 1 ) ▁as ▁a ▁day ▁to ▁honor ▁his ▁grand father , ▁K ame h ame ha ▁I . ▁It ▁was ▁almost ▁meant ▁as ▁a ▁replacement ▁for ▁Hawai ian ▁S over e ig nt y ▁Rest oration ▁Day ▁( on ▁July ▁ 3 1 ) ▁which ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁minister s ▁dis lik ed ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁P au let ▁Aff air . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁observ ance ▁of ▁the ▁hol iday ▁happened ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁Late ▁