The Black and Gold 1976
How does McKinley High School, in the city of Honolulu 200th anniversary of the American Revolution? In many ways, it was easy...the discovery of the Islands by Captain Cook in 1778 gave the islands a British attachment...the coming of the missionaries in the early 1800’s recalled the New England forefathers and the school itself had beginnings in a church. But the faces of McKinley showed decidedly different nationalities: Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Samoan and more recently Vietnamese.
Despite the obvious problems of linguistic and cultural differences, festive bicentennial activities bridged the gap between American and alien cultures. For all had come to America, just as the founding fathers had, to seek a better, happier and free life. Interaction of all these cultures with the American heritage was richly celebrated in this bicentennial year of 1976.
McKinley High School Class of 1977
40th Reunion Summer 2017
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