Meanwhile, Danforth Ho—backed by the street-fighters of Na Kama'aina (who'd finally realized on which side their bread was buttered) and by thousands of devoted civilians—marched on the capitol building next to the old Iolani Palace in downtown Honolulu. The mob broke down the doors, rousted out the government officials and functionaries, and basically installed Danforth Ho as Ali'i . On August 22, 2017, King Kamehameha IV—born Danforth Ho—officially declared Hawai'i's sovereignty.