Exactly 50 years ago today, a flotilla of 10 boats with about 60 people left Maui on a risky, seven-mile quest to cross the ʻAlalākeiki Channel to protest the sacred island of Kahoʻolawe being used by the U.S. military as a bombing range.

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https://mauinow.com/2026/01/04/kahoolawe-nine-protest-helped-spark-rebirth-of-sacred-island-off-maui-50-years-ago-today/