The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial

The Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial

is dedicated to those Arizona men and women

who served during the Korean War

June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953

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Arizona Korean War Veterans Memorial Commissioners

MG Donald L. Owens, AZ ANG

(Adjutant General of Arizona),

Chairman

Donald A. ...

Arizona Cooperative Mercantile Institution

Built of adobe in 1901 with a cast iron front shipped from St. Louis, the ACMI was a branch of the Mormon Cooperative Store system for 17 yrs. It later served the community as a saloon, variety store & furniture ...

Arizona

(Four Corners)

The line separating the territories of New Mexico and Arizona was established as 32 degrees of longitude west of the Washington Meridian by Congressional Act of February 24, 1863, signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

The Washington Meridian bisected the Old ...

U.S.S. Arizona Signal Mast

In Memory of the Crew of the U.S.S. Arizona (BB39)

The upper 26 feet of the mast before you is the top

portion of the main mast of the USS Arizona and is

known as the signal mast or "pigsticker"

The battleship ...

Arizona's U.S.S. Arizona Memorial - In Memory of the Gallant Men

Who Gave Their Lives on December 7, 1941 on the Battleship U.S.S. Arizona

In memory of the gallant men who gave their lives on December 7, 1941 on the Battleship U.S.S.

Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor

Dedicated December 7, 1976

The ...

Arizona's First Public School

On November 18, 1867, the Pima County Board of Supervisors created Tucson School District 1. An old adobe building at this location was refitted for classes. Desks and benches were built, new windows were installed in the 25' x 40' ...

U.S.S. Arizona

At 0755, 7 December 1941,

near this spot at Berth Fox 7

The USS Arizona

was hit by one torpedo and approximately

seven bombs. One bomb went down the stack and another penetrated the black powder magazines. The sunken ship remains the tomb of ...

USS Arizona Memorial

In reverent recognition of divine guidance

and - to the eternal memory of those who

gave their last full measure of devotion

to their country this monument is

dedicated - humbly to their sacrifice in

defending our freedom.

Erected by the

Navy Club of the United States ...

Arizona Cotton Land

The land surrounding this cemetery represents the beginning of commercial cotton growing in Arizona.

In January 1917, during World War I, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company founded the Southwest Cotton Company to begin producing long-staple cotton for domestic and military ...

Gila River Internment Center - Rivers, Arizona

Rivers, Arizona

Gila River Indian Community land was selected by the United States Government as one of ten camp sites and construction was started without the permission of the community. The permit for the United States Government to use the tribal ...