When is National Arizona Day?

Wednesday June 21st

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NATIONAL ARIZONA DAY - June 21

National Arizona Day, June 21st, honors the state that united 48 states into a contiguous unit. Interestingly, Arizona became a state on Valentine's Day in 1912.

Arizona is home to North America's oldest continuously inhabited settlement. The village of Old Oraibi is located on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Navajo county, and was established about 1000 A.D.

Arizona, also known as the Grand Canyon State, brings the outdoors to you. The Colorado Plateau's stunning views, which incidentally took over 70 million years to form into imposing stone, are now one of nature's grand centerpieces.

A well-preserved dwelling towers above the scrubland below, Carved into limestone cliffs along Beaver Creek, a well-preserved dwelling tower above the scrubland below. The Aztecs mistakenly named Montezuma Castle in this region, home to the Sina Indians around 1500 AD.