Banyan Drive Today
Some of the trees were lost due to tsunamis and tidal wave actions that once devastated the Hilo coast line. Fifty trees still line Banyan Drive, marked with wooden plaques. Several of the banyan trees in the adjoining golf course may have been planted by honorees.
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