Labor leader loved 'music and things Hawaiian'

By Leila Fujimori

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 22, 2012

~~<p>A. Van Horn Diamond lent his rich baritone voice to speak on behalf of his and other families whose ancestors' bones, or iwi, had been unearthed during construction in Waikiki.</p>
<p>Burying the iwi at a memorial ensures "the ancestors' reinterment is governed by dignity, reverence and aloha," Diamond testified in 2000 before the City Council, resulting in the Kapiolani Park burial mound dedicated in 2002.</p>
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A. Van Horn Diamond lent his rich baritone voice to speak on behalf of his and other families whose ancestors' bones, or iwi, had been unearthed during construction in Waikiki.

Burying the iwi at a memorial ensures "the ancestors' reinterment is governed by dignity, reverence and aloha," Diamond testified in 2000 before the City Council, resulting in the Kapiolani Park burial mound dedicated in 2002. Login for more...