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Petition against renaming Russian Fort Elizabeth

January 20, 2020 By cra-eb

Petition against renaming Russian Fort Elizabeth

We, the undersigned, vehemently oppose the renaming of the Russian Fort Elizabeth on the island of Kaua’i, in the Hawaiian Islands.  The fort, one of three built in 1816 by the Russian American Company as a result of an alliance with High Chief Kaumuali’i, was designated a National Historical Landmark in 1966 and is currently administered by the Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park.  In November 2017, Congress of Russian Americans and the Russian Center New York organized a Forum to commemorate 200 years of Fort Elizabeth, and it was discussed and decided to incorporate a visitor’s center and statues to Chief Kaumuali’i and Russian Empress Elizabeth.

Now a small group of Hawaiian locals are pressing to rename the fort completely and by doing so, distort its historical  value and change the pages of history completely.

Please support the petition against renaming, sign it and send it by email to crahq@earthlink.net.


Петиция против переименования Русской Елизаветинской крепости

Мы, нижеподписавшиеся, выступаем категорически против переименования Русской Елизаветинской крепости на острове Кауаи на Гавайских островах. Это одна из трех крепостей, построенных в 1816 году Российско-американской компанией в союзе с губернатором острова Каумуалии. Этот комплекс построек русской эпохи на острове в 1966 году был признан национальным американским историческим памятником.

Сегодня группа гавайских активистов  начали работу по переименованию крепости. Они оказывают давление на администрацию парка и властей острова, они хотят полностью вычеркнуть русское наследие из истории Гавайских островов.

Просим поддержать петицию против переименования, подписать ее и отправить по эл.адресу crahq@earthlink.net.


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