Robert speaks with Vivian Ducat (DOO-cat), writer and producer of "The American Experience: Hawaii's Last Queen," which documents the life of Queen Liliuokalani (LIH-lee-oo-oh-kah-LAH-nee.) The queen was overthrown by United States Marines in 1893, but always trusted that she would be returned to the throne one day. Although President Cleveland's envoy, J.H. Blount, recommended that she be reinstated, she never was. Liliuokalani wrote many songs that have become universally associated with Hawaii, including "Aloha Oe".

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