01-03-2025, 12:52 AM
This is from NPR's "All Things Considered" show, from December 28, 2008, talking about the history of fireworks here in Hawaii.
In this report, a man named Desoto Brown from Bishop Museum Archives who states it started here in the 1800's when there was a large Chinese immigration to Hawaii.
The Chinese had been doing the fireworks thing around the 900's.
Hawaii's New Year's Eve Fireworks Traditions : NPR
(This is an AUDIO only link. A "player" should open up and you can then press the play button)
In this report, a man named Desoto Brown from Bishop Museum Archives who states it started here in the 1800's when there was a large Chinese immigration to Hawaii.
The Chinese had been doing the fireworks thing around the 900's.
Hawaii's New Year's Eve Fireworks Traditions : NPR
(This is an AUDIO only link. A "player" should open up and you can then press the play button)
"Make Orwell Fiction Again"