NAHA AND PINAO STONES

In front of the Hilo Public Library, there are two huge paving stones: Naha and Pinao. The Pinao stone is said to be the ancient pillar of a temple built near the Wailuku River. The 2.5 ton Naha stone is said to have been lifted by King Kamehameha when he was a teenager (only 14 years old)... It is said that a Hawaiian prophecy predicted that the one who would be able to do such a feat would become the king of all the islands. The prophecy proved to be true since it was Kamehameha I who unified the archipelago in 1810..