WWII

This year marked the 80th anniversary of the creation of the Navajo Code Talkers and the first year the day was recognized as a legal state holiday.

This year’s Navajo Nation Code Talkers Day will be celebrated with a ground-breaking ceremony to bless the future site of the Navajo Code Talkers Museum.

A groundbreaking ceremony is planned August at the site of the future Navajo Code Talker Museum in New Mexico. The 300-acre area will be developed into a museum honoring the 400 Navajo Code Talkers who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and used their native Diné language to stump the Japanese Army.

A virtual celebration is planned this Saturday to commemorate Navajo Code Talker Day. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey last year declared August 14th a state…