A very special birthday was recently celebrated in Hawaii: Earlier this month, on April 12th, the oldest “patient” living on the historic Kalaupapa Peninsula, John Arruda, celebrated his 100th ...

Monson said it was one of the most heartwarming songs composed at Kalaupapa that was almost lost to history. “It was written by the boys of Kalawao in the early 1880s to honor Father Damien ...

Later, she gave birth to a pup on that beach, part of Kalaupapa National Historical Park. No seal had done that in recorded history, and it earned her a new name: Mama Eve. Mama Eve doesn’t look like ...

After retiring from the state, he worked at the Pacific Historic Parks bookstore in Kalaupapa National Historic Park. He was also active with the Kalaupapa Lions Club and had at one point been ...

Once the site of a leper settlement, Kalaupapa National Historic Site is one of the free NPS sites in Hawaii. It's a culturally and historically sensitive area with a dwindling number of residents ...