Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka makahiki ma ka Pōʻaono kolu o ʻOkakopa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Lā Sweet a i ʻole Sweet Day (Lā momona loa).
Ua hoʻomaka kēia kuʻuna ma Cleveland i 1921, i ka wā a Herbert Birch Kingston, kahi limahana limahana a me ka mea hana lole, i hoʻoholo ai e kōkua i nā keiki makua ʻole, nā ʻilihuna, a me nā mea āpau i nā manawa paʻakikī.
Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo Kingston i kahi hui liʻiliʻi o nā kamaʻāina o ke kūlanakauhale, a me ke kōkua o nā hoa aloha, ua hoʻonohonoho lākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā makana liʻiliʻi i mea e kākoʻo ai i ka poʻe pōloli, ka poʻe a ke aupuni i poina i ka wā ma mua.
I ka lā Sweets mua Hāʻawi ka hōkū kiʻi Ann Pennington i nā makana makana i nā keiki kāne 2200 ma Cleveland i mahalo no kā lākou hana nui.
ʻO kekahi hōkū kiʻi ʻoniʻoni nui, ʻo Theda Bara, i hāʻawi i nā pahu kokoleka he 10 i nā mea maʻi ma ka haukapila ʻo Cleveland a me nā poʻe āpau i hele mai e ʻike i kāna kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kūloko.
I ka mua, hoʻolauleʻa nui ʻia ka lā Sweets ma ke kikowaena waena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - i nā mokuʻāina ʻo ʻIlino, Mikilana a me ʻIlowa. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ulu nui ka kaulana o ka lā nui, a i kēia manawa uhi ka ʻāina o ka hoʻolauleʻa i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, i ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau hikina o ka ʻāina.
ʻO Ohio, ka home o Sweets Day, loaʻa nā huahana momona loa i kēia lā. Ua ukali ʻia e Kaleponi, Florida, Michigan a me Illinois ma nā alakaʻi kūʻai ʻumi he ʻumi.
He manawa maikaʻi kēia lā hoʻomaha (me) e hōʻike i nā manaʻo aloha a me nā hoaaloha. I kēia lā, he mea maʻamau ka hāʻawiʻana i ke kokoleka a iʻole nā roses, a me nā mea a pau i keʻano o ka meaʻono - ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua manaʻoʻia he meaʻono ke aloha, e like me ka waiū kokoleka!
Hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā lā nui "momona" i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i ka honua - no ka laʻana, a i ʻole.