Father Damien

Historical marker location:

415 S Beretania St, Honolulu, Hawaii

( Marker is on South Beretania Street north of Punchbowl Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1968

The Reverend Joseph Damien De Veuster, SS. CC.. Hawaii.

The first European to visit Hawaii was British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778. He named the islands the "Sandwich Islands" after his patron, the Earl of Sandwich.