HI HR36

Request the United States Postal Service to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Alfred Apaka on March 19, 2019, marking the centennial anniversary of his birth.

Alfred Apaka (1919-1960) was a Native Hawaiian vocalist and cultural icon who performed professionally starting in 1938 and became one of the greatest Hawaiian singers of the twentieth century before his death at age 40.

Request the Postal Service to first release the commemorative stamp in Waikiki, where Apaka established himself as a performer, before releasing it nationwide.

Note that the last Native Hawaiian honored with a commemorative postage stamp was Olympic gold medalist Duke Kahanamoku in 2002.

Urge the people of Hawaii to support this effort and direct certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Postmaster General, Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, Hawaii's congressional delegation, the Governor, and county mayors.