Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument

Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument
Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument is located in American Samoa
Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument
Location within American Samoa
LocationNorthwest of the junction of Taʻū Village and Taʻū Island Roads Taʻū, Manuʻa, American Samoa
Coordinates14°13′41″S 169°30′58″W / 14.22806°S 169.51611°W / -14.22806; -169.51611
Arealess than one acre
Built1895 (1895)
NRHP reference No.15000812[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 2015

The Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument is a funerary marker and grave site on the island Taʻū, the largest island of the Manuʻa group in American Samoa. It is located northwest of the junction of Taʻū Village and Taʻū Island Roads on the west side of the island. It consists of a stone platform, about 3 feet (0.91 m) in height, that is roughly rectangular in shape with a projection at one end. Three graves are marked by square sections of smoothed stones, while a fourth is marked by a marble column. A possible fifth grave, unmarked, is in the projection. It is the burial site of several (four or five) tuʻi, or kings, of Manuʻa, including Tui Manuʻa Matelita and Tui Manuʻa Elisala, the Samoan leader whose signature granted the United States hegemony over the islands.[2]

The monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Tui Manu'a Graves Monument" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.


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