574. Waialeʻe Industrial School

Today Waialeʻe Industrial School in Hawaii is only a tomb but past generations remember this place with fear. Not everyone was placed there fairly. There was a time where the United States ran the former Kingdom of Hawaii as a kind of colony controlled by private businessmen who didn’t accept democracy or even the kingdom itself. It closed in the 1950’s.

It could not have been a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

• The boys of Waiale‘e(Honolulu Weekly)
• Ruins of the Waialeʻe Industrial School For Boys (Mariela Flores Fine Art Photography)
• Waialeʻe Industrial School (Ho‘okuleana)