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Office of Construction & Facilities Management:
Historic Preservation

Historic Properties in Hawaii

Facility

Building Number

Use

Date
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl") Courts of the Missing 1963

Located in crater of dormant volcano; in the center of and overlooking Honolulu, as well as Pearl Harbor, where it is a major tourist attraction; second most visited National Cemetery; associated with Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Theater of World War II.

Old Hawaiian name "PUOWAINA" Translates as "Hill of Sacrifice" from its role in the Polynesian religious customs. King Kamehameha's American advisory put guns on the crater to scare off Russians interested in the Sandalwood trade and possible colonization.

 Lodge 1959
Puowaina - Hill of Sacrifice Prehistory

4001

 American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial 1963