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Rear Adm. Stephen Barnett, commander, Navy Closure Task Force - Red Hill (NCTF-RH) (left), and Uncle Bruce Yoshio Keaulani, kahu (right), survey a rock wall structure, March 24, 2024 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Volunteers and members of local Native Hawaiian Organizations Members came together to build a traditional lava rock wall around the Halealoha Haleamau burial vault located on the JBPHH installation.
Constructed in 1997 by Hawaiian stone masons near Fort Kamehameha, it is considered a wahi pana, or sacred place, and maintained by volunteer efforts several times each year.
The vault, named Halealoha Haleamau (House of Aloha, House of Eternity), stands as a memorial to the kupuna who have gone before us, and a reminder to protect and honor the legacy of the original peoples of Hawaii.
(U.S. Navy photo by Roann Gatdula)
| Date Taken: | 03.24.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 03.28.2024 22:01 |
| Photo ID: | 8312482 |
| VIRIN: | 240324-N-KH177-1058 |
| Resolution: | 2508x3772 |
| Size: | 1.25 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US |
| Web Views: | 14 |
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