Second Company Bicentennial Commemoration
Tuesday, April 25 – Friday, April 28, 2023 – ON OʻAHU, HAWAI’I
Thursday May 4 – Sunday, May 7, 2023 – ON MAUI, HAWAI’I
Oʻahu and Maui Events RSVP
OʻAHU EVENTS
Archives & Inquiry “Betsey Stockton’s Legacy: A Memorial to the Past, a Challenge for the Future”
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 12:00pm Via Zoom
“Betsey Stockton’s Legacy: A Memorial to the Past, a Challenge for the Future” with special guests, author Gregory Nobles, Professor Emeritus at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and David G. Latimore, Ph.D., D.Min., Director, Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary.
Zoom LinkMeeting ID: 834 5996 6594 Passcode: archives
Breakfast with Board President and Executive Director – RSVP
Friday, April 28, 2023
9:00 AM In-person at HMH Multipurpose Room and lanai (formerly known as the café).
Coffee and breakfast with Board President Patricia Morgan and new Executive Director Erin Shapiro. This is an opportunity to ask your questions and talk story. Please save your spot HERE.
“The First Storybook Printed in the Hawaiian Language”
Friday, April 28, 2023 10:00 AM In-person at HMH multi-purpose room, free
HMH presents “The First Storybook Printed in the Hawaiian Language” talk with Lane Davey, graduate assistant and adjunct lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and Christopher L. “Chris” Cook, Kaua‘i resident, Trustee for the Hawaiian Mission Houses Board and Second Company Bicentennial Committee Chair.
No charge but please save your spot by emailing societyrelations@missionhouses.org
History Theatre: Hawai’i 1823 – RSVP
Friday, April 28, 2023 5:00-8:00 PM (Performance starts at 6:00 PM) In-person; $45 per person, ticket includes dinner bento. Drinks available for purchase.
5:00pm Dinner and drinks (cash bar). Please feel free to enjoy the grounds and visit our new exhibit in the Chamberlain House.
6:00pm Performances start promptly at 6:00pm. The evening includes historic portrayals of William Ellis Tauʻā, Betsey Stockton, Rev. William Richards, and Clarissa Richards. Please save your spot HERE.
Saturday, April 29, 2023
9:30 am, Coffee and registration onsite.
10:00 am, HST (4pm EDT), In-person AND Via Zoom. Call to Order of the 171st Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Mission Children’s Society and Roll Call. Keiki games will be held during the meeting.
Zoom Information: Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 873 0795 3577
Passcode: April2023
12 noon, In-person; Catered Hawaiian lunch by Highway Inn.
PLEASE PRE-ORDER YOUR ADULT AND/OR KEIKI LUNCH(ES) AT CHECKOUT.
1:00 pm- 4:00 pm, Family Day fun for all ages! Enjoy the beautiful grounds of Hawaiian Mission Houses with games and activities galore! Tour the new Chamberlain House exhibit. Learn the history of the residents of the Mission Memorial Cemetery using our new QR code brochures!
Parking: We are pleased to announce that we have the Kawaiha’o Plaza parking available for use. There is no charge to you. Entrance is on Kawaiha’o Street. The parking is available from 7:30am – 2:30pm. Please note, that the parking end time at 2:30pm is strict, please move your car by that time. Please let them know you are part of the 171st Annual Meeting at Hawaiian Mission Houses.
MAUI EVENTS
Day 1: Hale Pa’i Printing Museum Tour
Thursday (Morning) May 4, 2023, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Docent-led tour of the Hale Pa‘i Printing Museum: the House of Printing the First Hawaiian Language Newspaper. Meet at Lahainaluna High School.
Day 1: Lunch at Cafe O’Lei
Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:00pm Noon
Cafe O’Lei at The Mill House 1670 Honoapiilani Hwy – Waikapu.
Non-Hosted Meal. Please RSVP (by booking) to save your spot. Each person is responsible for their own museum admission and meals.
DAY 1: Bailey House Museum tour, Alexander House, Queen Ka’ahumanu Church, Makawao Cemetery, Po’okela Church
Thursday (Afternoon), May 4, 2023 1:00pm – 4:30pm
Meet at Bailey House Museum. After touring the Bailey House Museum, we will see nearby Alexander House, Queen Ka’ahumanu Church, followed by 3:00 PM visit to missionary family gravesites at Makawao Cemetery, then 4:00 PM Po’okela Church in Makawao
Each person is responsible for their own museum admission and meals.
Day 1: Thursday Evening Reception at Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center
Thursday (Evening), May 4, 2023 5:00pm – 7:00pm. $45 per person, includes pupus and cocktail.
Day 2: Guided road trip to Hana with Jonathan Stockton.
Friday (All Day), May 5, 2023 5:00pm – 7:00pm.
Please meet with your car. Carpooling will also be available, please inform societyrelations@missionhouses.org if you will need carpooling. Meeting place TBA. Motion Sickness pills or ginger shots, barf bags and toiletries recommended. We will stop every 11 miles at comfort stations as needed. Please contact Marissa at societyrelations@missionhouses.org if you can provide a ride to others, or if you need a ride.
Day 3: Baldwin Home Tour – A Look at Missionary Life in a Hawaiian Village
Saturday, May 6, 2023 10:00am – 12:00pm
120 Dickenson Street (at the corner of Front Street) Lahaina, Maui.
Baldwin House guided talks and display of Second Company archival material. Each person is responsible for their own museum admission and meals.
Day 3: Lahainaluna Guided Walking Tour
Saturday, May 6, 2023 1:00pm – 3:00pm. Meet at the Baldwin House.
Interpretive guided walking tour of Lahaina & ending at Waiola Cemetery with focus on Second Company sites. Gather at Baldwin House.
Day 3 History Theatre: Maui 1823
Saturday May 6, 2023 5:30pm • $45 per person • food included in ticket price
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives will be hosting a special presentation of the award-winning history theatre program featuring portrayals of Rev. William Richards, Tauʻā the Tahitian teacher and Betsey Stockton, to commemorate the bicentennial of the arrival of the 2nd company of American
Protestant Missionaries in Hawaiʻi and the founding of the Lahaina Mission Station by the Richards family, Stewart family, and Betsey Stockton at the request of Queen Keōpūolani. The performances will be at Waiola Church, 535 Wainee St., Lahaina, HI 96761.
Day 4: Special Waiola Church Service
Sunday, May 7, 2023 9:00am-12:00pm
Waiola Church in the Waineʻe Cemetery (founded by the Second Company). 535 Wainee St., Lahaina Maui
Sunday morning special church service as the Tauʻā families will be present, at 9:00am. Afterwards, from 10:00am-12:00pm we will do a cemetery walk-through to focus on the Ke’opuolani, Kaumuali’i, and Tauʻā in Lahaina.
More on the Second Company Bicentennial Commemoration
The Second Company contributed greatly to education and translating the Bible. They collaborated with the Pioneer Company, Tahitian missionaries, Hawaiian scholars, and the aliʻi. The members of the Second Company were: Rev. Artemas and Elizabeth Bishop, Dr. Abraham and Jemima Blatchely, Levi Chamberlain, James and Louisa Ely, Joseph and Martha Goodrich, Rev. William and Clarissa Richards, Rev. Charles and Harriet Stewart, and Betsey Stockton. They were accompanied by four men from the Foreign Mission School at Cornwall, CT: Stephen Pupuhi, William Kamahoula, Richard Kalaioulu, and Kupeli‘i.
In the fall of 2022, we journeyed to New Haven, Connecticut to commemorate the 1822 departure of the Second Company, complete with exhibits and events put on by New Haven’s historians. This year, we are thrilled to present our Second Company Bicentennial Events on Oʻahu and Maui commemorating their arrival in 1823.
We are so grateful to our special Second Company Bicentennial Committee led by Chris Cook, and members Lucy Alexander, Joe Christenson, Elizabeth Lentz-Hill, Sandra Markham, Patricia Morgan, Wendy Rice Peterson, Mary Schlink, and Jon Stockton for their hard work to organize these wonderful events!