In 1993, a bronze statue of Wilcox was unveiled at Fort Street Mall, 21°18′32″N 157°51′42″W. The statue now stands prominently in downtown Honolulu at Wilcox Park, also named in his honor in 1989, at the centennial of the "Wilcox Rebellion"

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Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox February 15, 1855 - October 23, 1903 Robert Wilcox was born at Honuaola, Maui in 1855 the son of Captain William Slocum Wilcox and Kalua Makoleokalani who descended from Maui royalty. He was known to the Hawaiian people as "Ka Liona Hae O Ka Pakipika" (The Roaring Lion of the Pacific) He was extremely popular among the Hawaiian people as an educator and legislator. He served as Hawaii's first delegate to Congress from 1900 to 1902. Wilcox led two counter-insurgency movements in 1899 and 1895 against the foreign interests which had seized control of the Hawaiian Government. Tried for treason, he was found not guilty by a jury of Hawaiians and part-Hawaiians under the ethnic jury system then in effect. In 1895 he again organized an army to overthrow the Republic of Hawaii. The Republican forces suppressed the counter-revolutionaries and Wilcox was court-martialed and sentenced to death. Sanford B. Dole, President of the Republic of Hawaii gave him a full pardon in 1898 after the U.S. Congress intervened. First married to Gina Sobrero of Italy, Wilcox took as his second wife Princess Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laanui. After serving as Hawaii's congressional delegate, Wilcox died in 1903 while campaigning for Sheriff of Honolulu. The Home Rule Party, composed largely of Hawaiians, had petitioned President Theodore Roosevelt to appoint Wilcox as Governor. He might have received the appointment had he lived.

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Hawaiian's Right to Vote In 1899 Wilcox represented Hawaii, working in Washington D.C. to obtain the unrestricted franchise for his people in the framing of the Organic Act, then before Congress. In this undertaking Wilcox was supported by Congress and returned home with honor. Hence, after he was elected as the first delegate of Hawaii to Congress, he was looked upon as "The first to strike for liberty and the first to represent his people" (Charles Elihu Slocum)

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Hawaiian Freedom Fighter Returns From Italy In 1880 KIng Kalakaua selected Wilcox among others to study abroad. He was admitted to the Royal Military Academy at Turin Italy, where he was graduated as an Officer of Artillery. Promoted to Sub-Lieutenent of Artillery he was completing his studies when recalled by the Hawaiian Government in 1887. Inspired by the Italian patriot, Guiseppe Garibaldi, Lieutenent Wilcox is depicted here in his Garibaldi uniform which he frequently and proudly wore. He was regarded by many of his countrymen as a national hero due to his commitment to defend the independence of the Hawaiian monarchy

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"It's all right. Let them alone. I love to hear my children's voices." Pacific Commercial Advertiser October 24, 1903 "though at death's door his armor still he hoped to wear with his people of them for them his constant prayer that while his grief-stricken wife thoughtfully his offspring hushed with a father's love he bade her stay with grief he would not not have