The devastation of the Hawaiian wildfires has magnified the importance of the artifacts housed at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester.
WORCESTER - So much of what was lost in Lahaina was living, breathing history but priceless artifacts were also destroyed.
The devastation has magnified the importance of the artifacts housed at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester. WBZ first explored thein May during AAPI Heritage month. The AAS houses some 1,300 Hawaiian literary artifacts it has accumulated, beginning when missionaries from Massachusetts sailed to the islands.
The society has dozens of original prints, manuscripts, maps and books specific to the Lahaina area. One image was printed on Maui in 1838 and shows a hillside above neighboring Lahainaluna. It offers a glimpse into the past, and a foreshadowing of disaster centuries later.
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