At the height of World War I, with America about to enter the conflict, Hawaiian music was all the ... with many men out of work and many others struggling to hold on to their breadwinner status.

Trader Joe's employees are known for always dressing in a Hawaiian theme. But it isn't without reason. When Joe Coulombe founded Trader Joe's stores in 1967, he carefully picked its nautical theme.

“In view of the strife of contending chieftains,” Ralph Kuykendall writes in his definitive work, The Hawaiian Kingdom ... as well as the thump of sling stones, and spears, the clash ...