STOWE, Vermont - Ke makemake nei ka International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) a me kona mau lālā e hōʻike i ko mākou naʻau aloha a me ke aloha i ka poʻe o Boston, ka poʻe holo marathon a me nā mea nānā, a me nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia a me nā ʻohana o ka hana hoʻoweliweli naʻaupō i ka wā o ka Marathon Boston. Hoʻomaikaʻi pū mākou i ke kūlanakauhale a me kāna poʻe pane mua no kā lākou ʻoihana ʻoihana i pale ʻole i ka make hou ʻana o ke ola.
ʻO ka Marathon ʻo Boston ka Marathon kahiko loa o ka honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki, i mālama mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1897 i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka marathon ma nā pāʻani ʻOlumepika mua loa ma Athens, 1986. Ua hoʻomaka nā kukini he ʻumikūmālima i kēlā heihei mua, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka 24,000 o ka heihei o kēia makahiki. Mālama ʻia ka Marathon i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka "Patriot's Day" - kahi mokuʻāina o Massachusetts hoʻomaha e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke Kaua Kipi ʻAmelika (War of Independence) kūʻē i ke aupuni Pelekane, i hoʻomaka me ke kaua ma Lexington a me Concord (kokoke i Boston) i ka makahiki 1775. me ka "pana i lohe ʻia a puni ka honua."
ʻO ka Boston Marathon kahi hanana honua kaulana e hui pū ana i nā poʻe o nā makahiki āpau, a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole mai kahi 100 mau ʻāina a puni ka honua i kahi hōʻike o ka mahalo like ʻana a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka ʻuhane kanaka, i ʻoliʻoli ʻia a kākoʻo ʻia e nā mea nānā aku ma mua o 500,000.
Ua hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia paha kēlā ʻuhane kanaka e ka moʻolelo o Dick Hoyt a me kāna keiki ʻo Rick i manaʻo nui ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki e nā tausani o nā mea nānā. Ua loaʻa iā Dick ka lolo lolo. Ua ʻōlelo nā kauka ʻaʻole loaʻa ʻo Rick i kahi ola maʻamau a manaʻo ʻo ia ka koho maikaʻi loa nona e hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi kula. ʻAʻole naʻe i ʻae ʻo Dick a me kāna wahine a hānai iā ia ma ke ʻano he keiki maʻamau. I ka hopena, ua hoʻomohala ʻia kahi mea lolouila i kōkua iā Rick e kamaʻilio me kona ʻohana, a ua aʻo lākou ʻo kekahi o kāna mea makemake nui ʻo ka haʻuki. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo "Team Hoyt" (Dick lāua ʻo Rick) e hoʻokūkū i nā holo aloha, me Dick i hoʻokuke iā Rick ma ka noho huila. Ua hoʻokūkū lākou ma 66 marathons a me 229 triathlons. ʻO kā lākou hoʻopau marathon poʻokela he 2:40:47. Ua hoʻopau ka hui i kā lākou 30th Boston Marathon ma 2012, i ka makahiki 72 ʻo Dick a ʻo Rick he 50.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻopau kēia hanana pōʻino i ka ʻuhane kanaka o ka Marathon Boston a e hoʻomau ʻia ana ia ma ka lā Patriot no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
