The Baha’i Community of the Hawaiian Islands this week commemorated the 100th anniversary of a historic meeting between Queen Liliuokalani and the U.S. delegation of Baha’is.

On March 25, 1915, three Baha’i representatives came to visit the deposed queen, who lived in Washington Place after the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy. The representatives delivered a message of peace in the midst of World War I.

The Baha’i Community marked the anniversary Wednesday with a dramatization of the meeting during a private afternoon ceremony at Washington Place. On display at the centenary event was the queen’s guest book with the signatures of the Baha’i visitors, according to a news release issued by Baha’i coordinator Tadia Rice.

Among the event’s attendees, the release said, were Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, head of state of Samoa, and Tihati Thompson, consul general of Samoa in Hawaii.

Gaellen Quinn, author of "The Last Aloha," which tells the story of Liliuokalani’s role in the overthrow, wrote the re-enactment. Actress and Native Hawaiian composer Leo Akana, who has played Liliuokalani in film and on stage, starred

as the queen. Also performing were Starr Kalahiki, two-time Na Hoku Hanohano award winner, and kumu hula Charlani Kalama.

According to Rice, the celebration blended "religion, history, social justice and the empowerment of women and kanaka maoli," and the drama will inspire audiences "to emulate the spiritual and leadership qualities for which Queen Lili’uokalani was known." The dramatization will be shown on ‘Olelo Community Television at a later date and be made into a documentary, she said.

The Baha’i group will drape Liliuokalani’s statue, across the street from the state Capitol, with a 240-foot ti leaf lei at 2 p.m. Sunday.

"The Baha’is hold the queen in high esteem, honor her spiritual qualities and recognize how wisely she guided the affairs of Hawaii during a tumultuous time in her kingdom and the world," Rice said.