World · East Asia & Pacific · 7 hrs ago
Many Honolulu sites linked to Sun Yat-sen have disappeared
Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen spent time in Honolulu, where he worshipped as a boy and later stayed with a friend in 1910.
The city also held important places in his political life.
His followers met in a basement, he called for the overthrow of the Qing dynasty at a theatre, and China’s first revolutionary party was founded there.
Many of these sites are now gone or have been put to other uses.
The church was demolished, the basement was lost during renovations, the theatre became a market, and the party’s founding place is now a car park.
Eddie Flores, a Honolulu businessman, says people can still point out some locations, even when the original buildings no longer exist.
This makes Sun’s history in the city harder to see in its surviving landmarks.
Many sites in Honolulu linked to Sun Yat-sen have disappeared.
The church where he worshipped as a boy was demolished in 1909.
A building where he lodged in spring 1910 is also gone, though its location can still be identified.
Other former sites include a secret meeting basement, a theatre and the place where China’s first revolutionary party was founded.
The theatre is now a market, and the party’s founding place is now a car park.
- Who
- Sun Yat-sen and the people and places associated with his time in Honolulu.
- What
- Many Honolulu sites linked to Sun Yat-sen have disappeared or been repurposed.
- When
- The church was demolished in 1909; Sun lodged at a site in spring 1910.
- Where
- Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It’s no longer there
But we can more or less point out where the building is
The church where Sun worshipped as a boy was pulled down.
Sun lodged on the second floor of a shop owned by a friend and fellow party member.
- Church
- Pulled down in 1909
- Lodging site
- Sun stayed there in spring 1910
- Theatre
- Now a market
- Party founding place
- Now a car park
Sources
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