“ It was in many ways the last great occasion of the German settlement of Samoa …”
Let ’ s start at … the end .
On Sunday 3 July , 1932 , the last of the German settlers , their wives , Samoan descendants and supporters — more than 400 people — marched from town to the newly renovated German monument at Mulinu ’ u , in Apia , for a commemoration service and laying of wreaths . The Apia Brass Band led the way , playing an old German cavalry march , “ Drei Lilien ” (“ Three Lilies ”).
It was in many ways the last great occasion of the German settlement of Samoa . Within a few years many of the ‘ Old Identities ’ of the German community had passed on . They rubbed shoulders at Mulinu ’ u one last time as “ O le taimi o Siamani ” (“ the German Time ”) faded into memory .
Klinkmüller Family Collection
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