100 YEARS!

Happy Birthday Arizona!

100 years ago today we became the 48th state of the United States. There has been all sorts of activities all over the state going on. In Phoenix around the capital this weekend, they had performers, food booths, and rides.

 The big copper dome on the capital, represents AZ as the largest producer of copper in the U.S.

 The original capital building (with the dome) is now a museum of Arizona history. Here is the hull of the USS Arizona that sunk at Pearl Harbor.

 One of the life rafts from the boat.

 Also Arizona is the only state that kept all items received on the French "Merci" Train. Right after WWII, the U.S. sent supplies to the French and a couple years later as a thank-you, the French sent a train car filled with gifts to each state. Here is a replica of what it looked like.

 Here is a view of the center of the building top floor (4th) looking down.

 In the center on the 1st floor is the Arizona seal. The latin phrase means, "God enriches."

I was happy to find out and proud to know that Arizona was one the 11 states that granted woman suffrage (back in 1912, in the first state election) before the federal government passed it.

 They have a replica of how the first House was set up and on the gallery door as you enter is this:

 "People get the government they deserve. Good, moral people concerned about others get a good, moral government that cares about the people. People that are greedy, lazy, or apathetic, get a government that is greedy, immoral and unconcerned with the public's welfare." HOW TRUE!!!!

 Here is a picture of the original capital right after it was built in 1900, it was just the territorial house at the time, 12 years before we were admitted to the Union.

 CONGRATULATIONS Arizona! Happy 100 years! I'm grateful to have grown up in such a great state.