The Obama Hawaiian Africana Museum will be hosting the annual West Loch Memorial taking place on Friday, May 19 at 2:00 p.m. at The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in collaboration with U.S. Joint Military Forces Hawaii (open to the public)

West Loch Honorary Award’s Luncheon - May 23 at 11:30 a.m. HST

Also this year, the West Loch Honorary Award’s Luncheon will take place on Tuesday, May 23 at 11:30 a.m. at Waikiki Yacht Club where decorated Army veteran Dr. John Thiel will be honored and share his extensive research on the 29th Chemical Decontamination Unit who were deployed from Schofield Barracks at West Loch during the Disaster

Our Pillars

EMPOWER LOCAL YOUTH

MEMORIALIZE WWII HISTORY

Hawaiian Africana Youth Enrichment Program (HAYEP)

Provide Mentoring & Internships
In-School Multi-Cultural Programs
Teach Art, Culture, & History
Develop Future Innovative Leaders
Community Programming

MEMORIALIZE WWII HISTORY

Highlight African American Contributions In The Pacific Theater

Preserve Segregated Barracks - Pearl Harbor Quonset Hut - Manana Barracks
Remember African Americans Lost In The Pacific
National Memorial Cemetery of The Pacific - Annual West Loch Remembrance

BUILD HISTORICAL MARKERS

MEMORIALIZE WWII HISTORY

BUILD HISTORICAL MARKERS

Establish Monuments to 200 Years of Africana History in Hawaii

Anthony D. Allen Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Site
Barack Obama Childhood Neighborhood Historical District
Create Permanent Anchor - Facility for Africana History in Hawaii & Gathering Place

West Loch Remembrance

The 11th Anniversary of West Loch Internees Life & Memory Ceremonies

The Obama Hawaiian Africana Museum in collaboration with Hawaii U.S. Joint Military Forces invite the public to join us in remembering forgotten heroes who died seventy-eight years ago in the West Loch Disaster at Pearl Harbor, two years after December 7, 1941, bombing.

The 11th Anniversary of West Loch Internees Life & Memory Ceremonies at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Friday, May 20, 2022, at 2:00pm.

West Loch Memorial

Our History is Hawaiian History

Our History is Hawaiian History

Our History is Hawaiian History

Our History is Hawaiian History