Arizona State Capitol

Arizona’s state capitol in Phoenix has a beautiful, brilliant copper dome.

The “Winged Victory” atop the dome is a 17 foot tall wind vane.

Arizona state seal on the floor of the rotunda.

The rotunda.

Arizona House of Representatives building.

Arizona Senate building.

Liberty Bell replica.

Petrified wood on the capitol grounds.

Navajo Code Talkers Monument. In 1942, 29 Navajo men joined the U.S. Marines and developed an unbreakable code that would be used across the Pacific during World War II. They were the Navajo Code Talkers. The Navajo Code Talkers participated in all assaults the U.S. Marines led in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945, including Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu and Iwo Jima. The Code Talkers conveyed messages by telephone and radio in their native language, a code that was never broken by the Japanese.

John Kinsel Sr., who was the oldest Navajo Code Talker, passed away on Saturday October 19, two days after we were here at the capitol. He was 107.