{"id":19210,"date":"2016-05-31T20:14:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/?p=19210"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:08:00","slug":"mdfdeusa-the-maui-county-sister-cities-foundation-celebrates-the-230th-anniversary-of-la-perouses-landing4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6e24d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2016\/05\/31\/mdfdeusa-the-maui-county-sister-cities-foundation-celebrates-the-230th-anniversary-of-la-perouses-landing4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6e24d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531\/","title":{"rendered":"MDFDE\/USA: The Maui County Sister Cities Foundation Celebrates the 230th Anniversary of La Perouse’s Landing!\u200f #COP21 #SolarImpulse2 #MDFDEJeSuisLadyLiberty130 #NPS100"},"content":{"rendered":"
The La Perouse Memorial at La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawai’i, U.S.A., established on May 30th, 1994 by Ms. Elisabeth Jenssen Founder & President of The Laperouse Foundation USA\/Friends of Laperouse USA and Le Mouvement des Fran\u00e7ais de l’Etranger (MDFDE) French & Francophones Abroad. https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mauisistercities\/<\/a><\/address>\n
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Aloha Alexa and everyone,<\/p>\n

A huge Mahalo to the Board and members of The Maui County Sister Cities Foundation,<\/strong> Mayor Arakawa and Mauian friends for celebrating this week the 230th Anniversary of La Perouse’s landing on this day in Maui. And the 15th Anniversary of Maui-Albi Sister City Relationship I also had the honor to establish back in March 2, 2001. I am sorry I could not be there with you and am deeply moved by your initiative. Hope to meet you all in the near future to renew our French-American historic ties with Maui with more exciting projects; and\/or maybe in New York City this coming October 26-27-28, 2016 <\/b>for our big event MDFDE Paris-NYC16 #MDFDEJeSuisLadyLiberty130<\/b> celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty and NPS 100th Anniversary in honor of the 130 victims of the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks. Thanks again for your help and efforts.<\/p>\n

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Latest post:<\/b> https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2016\/05\/30\/mdfdeusa-memorial-day-honoring-our-fallen-heroes-and-saving-the-planet-cop21-mdfdejesuisliberty130-nps100\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Elisabeth Jenssen<\/a> A huge Mahalo to Alexa, Richard, Adele, Lori, all members of the Maui County Sister Cities Foundation, and Mauian friends for celebrating this week the 230th Annniversary of La Perouse’s landing on Maui (May 30, 1786) and the 15th Anniversary of Maui-Albi Sister City Relationship (March 2, 2001). With love and aloha, Elisabeth Jenssen<\/a><\/p>\n

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“…Looking forward to building a very active partnership especially with the great Team at Maui County Sisters Cities Foundation, Inc. With love and aloha, Elisabeth Jenssen …”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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MCSCF MEMBERS HONOR SISTER CITY ALBI, FRANCE.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthplace of Admiral Jean-Francois de Galaup comte de Laperouse.<\/p>\n

An inscripted monument at Keone’o’io, known today as La Perouse Bay, on the Hawaiian Island of Maui, was draped with fragrant, multi-colored plumeria blossom lei this weekend to commemorate the 230th anniversary of the first European landing on May 30, 1786.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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CELEBRATING THE 230th ANNIVERSARY OF THE<\/h1>\n

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PLEASE JOIN THE MAUI COUNTY SISTER CITIES FOUNDATION <\/strong><\/p>\n

as we\u00a0honor our 15-Year Sister Cities Relationship with Albi, France<\/strong><\/p>\n

[birthplace of Jean Fran\u00e7ois de Galaup, comte de La Perouse]<\/p>\n

FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:00 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the lava rock INSCRIPTION MONUMENT by the roadside at the beginning of La Perouse Bay<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

MAHALO,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Minatoya, Chair<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexa Betts Basinger, Vice Chair<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lori Teragawachi, Secretary<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Virgil Viernes, Treasurer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

La Perouse Bay is named after a French naval officer and explorer (Jean-Fran\u00e7ois de Galaup, comte de La P\u00e9rouse) who was the first European to set foot on Maui in May,\u00a01786. He was appointed in 1785 by\u00a0France’s King\u00a0Louis XVI to lead an expedition around the world. Lap\u00e9rouse and his 220 men left France\u00a0on August 1,1785, rounded Cape Horn arriving at Easter Island on April 9, 1786. He then sailed to the Sandwich Islands, the present-day Hawaiian Islands, where on May 30, 1786 he became the first European to set foot on the island of Maui.<\/p>\n

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MCSCF Members Honor Sister City Albi, France<\/h1>\n

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An inscripted lava rock monument at Keone\u2019\u014d\u2019io, known today as La Perouse Bay, on the<\/p>\n

Hawaiian Island of Maui was draped with fragrant, multi-colored plumeria<\/p>\n

blossom lei this weekend to commemorate the 230th anniversary of the landing of Admiral<\/p>\n

Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de Lap\u00e9rouse on May 30, 1786.<\/p>\n

The monument inscription reads:<\/p>\n

LAPEROUSE MEMORIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

On May 30th, 1786 French Admiral Jean-Francois de Galaup Comte De La P\u00e9rouse,<\/p>\n

Commanding The Two Frigates La Boussole And L’astrolabe,<\/p>\n

Was The First Known European<\/p>\n

Navigator To Land At Keone\u02bbo\u02bbio Also Called La P\u00e9rouse Bay On The Island Of Maui.<\/p>\n

Donated By The Friends Of La P\u00e9rouse On May 30th 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maui County, Hawaii and Albi, France celebrate their 15th anniversary!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Became official Sister Cities in March 2, 2001 via Resolution No. 01-34<\/h2>\n

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ESTABLISHING A SISTER-CITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALBI,<\/h2>\n

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The Maui County Sister Cities program began in 1964.<\/strong> The Foundation is a volunteer group of citizens who, with the support of local elected officials, create and maintain long-term relationships with people in cities around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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From Maui County\u2019s first Sister City relationship with Hachijo Island, Tokyo, Japan in February, 1964, to its most recent Sister City of Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea in February, 2012, Maui County enjoys 26 relationships around the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jean Fran\u00e7ois de Galaup, comte de Lap\u00e9rouse was born August 23, 1741, in Albi, France, the eldest son of a well-to-do middle-class family of landowners from Albi in Southern France (Lap\u00e9rouse was the name of a family property that he added to his name.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After an early education at the Jesuit College in Albi, at the age of 15, he joined the French Navy. He was engaged in the struggle between France and England in Canada and was taken prisoner by the British at the disastrous naval battle of Quiberon Bay; he spent two-years in captivity.<\/p>\n

Repatriated from England, he was posted again to sea duties; for five years he was engaged in defense of the French possessions in the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n

Then, the American Revolutionary War began (1775\u20131783.) In 1778, the French, through Treaty of Alliance, entered on the side of the Americans and provided military support to the Colonies.<\/p>\n

After the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (ending the American Revolutionary War for the foreign allies,) France\u2019s King Louis XVI supported a French expedition around the world. Interested in geography, and eagerly following the voyages of Captain Cook, he decided to send an exhibition on a voyage of discovery that would rival the achievements of Cook.<\/p>\n

La P\u00e9rouse left the French port of Brest in August, 1785 and headed south. In the next 2 \u00bd-years, his ships L\u2019Astrolabe and La Boussole would sail many thousands of miles and cross the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans several times.<\/p>\n

Laperouse\u2019s journal while at Maui notes he honored the first instruction: \u201cAlthough the French are the first to have stepped onto the island of Mowee (Maui) in recent times, I did not take possession of it in the King\u2019s name.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis European practice is too utterly ridiculous, and philosophers must reflect with some sadness that, because one has muskets and canons, one looks upon 60,000 inhabitants as worth nothing, ignoring their rights over a land where for centuries their ancestors have been buried, which they have watered with their sweat, and whose fruits they pick to bring them as offerings to the so-called new landlords.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

La P\u00e9rouse stayed at Maui for only two days. He then sailed westward passing between Kaho\u02bbolawe and La\u0304na\u02bbi and into the channel between Moloka\u02bbi and O\u02bbahu.<\/p>\n

The places the expedition visited between 1785 and 1788 included Alaska, California, Hawai\u02bbi, Korea, Japan, Russia, Tahiti, Samoa and finally the east coast of Australia.<\/p>\n

The last official sighting of the La P\u00e9rouse expedition was in March 1788 when British lookouts stationed at the South Head of Port Jackson saw the ex-pedition sail from Botany Bay. The expedition was wrecked on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands during a cyclone sometime during April or May 1788.<\/p>\n

Links:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mauisistercities\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2016\/04\/21\/mdfdeworld-earth-day-happy-60th-anniversary-sister-cities-international-cop21-mdfdejesuisladyliberty130-nps100\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/blog\/mdfdeusa-may-you-rest-in-peace-pierre-pierrot-moulin\/<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2014\/05\/30\/mdfde-20th-anniversary-of-the-la-perouse-memorial-in-maui-hawaii-u-s-a\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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