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DENNIS MOMYER / 2016

The coral block from the foundation of Kawaiaha‘o Church was a gift to the Hampton Institute in 1895.

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HAWAII STATE ARCHIVE PHOTOS

The Rev. Richard Armstrong, left, succeeded Hiram Bingham as pastor at Kawaiaha‘o Church, performed the wedding of Charles and Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and was the kingdom’s education minister. At right, Clarissa Chapman Armstrong came to Hawaii in 1831 with her husband, Richard. Her son, Samuel C. Armstrong, center, was born in Wailuku, and became a Civil War general who fought for the Union at Gettysburg. At 26 years of age, he led an all-black military unit, and later founded the Hampton Institute.