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The USS Missouri and the D. Uchida Coffee Farm in Kona have received National Preservation Awards from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, D.C. Uchida Coffee Farm,
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Star-Bulletin"One need only stand on the deck of the USS Missouri, where the war was brought to an end," said National Trust President Richard Moe, "... to appreciate the full sweep of World War II history."
Mothballed after the Gulf War, the ship was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association in 1998. More than 500,000 people have visited the restored vessel at Pearl Harbor since 1999.
The Kona Historical Society found in the Uchida farm, started by Daisaku Uchida in 1906, a site that would tell the story of Japanese coffee farming.
Visitors to the seven-acre working coffee and macadamia nut farm learn of Hawaii's Japanese coffee pioneers via tours of the working coffee mill, processing facility and orchards, and the house, where costumed interpreters discuss the life of farm families before 1950.
"The farm isn't just another historic house," said Moe. "It represents the triumph of hope over poverty and the power of community pride."
The National Trust bestows its awards on organizations and individuals whose contributions demonstrate excellence in the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and interpretation of our architectural and cultural heritage. Since 1971, awards have gone to such projects as Colonial Williamsburg, Va.; Grand Central Station and Ellis Island, New York; and America's oldest McDonald's.
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