It's nationwide: Piestewa Peak

[Ptah]

Today The U.S. Board on Geographic Names made it national:



PHOENIX — The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted
Thursday to officially change the name of a prominent
Phoenix mountain to Piestewa Peak to honor the first
American Indian woman to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/frontpage/82235.php

[Ptah]

1. .

[TZ]

2. Good

Interesting that the Repubs were so agaisnt the name change. I suppose if someone had wanted to name it Reagan mountain they wouldn't have objected.x(

[Ptah]

3. I cry for her children.

:cry:

[SeattleGirl]

4. I just got tears in my eyes, reading that.

What a wonderful thing for them to do, to honor that young woman. :cry:

[Ptah]

5. I share my birthdate with her.

[drmeow]

6. Yeah!

A big F*** you to the assholes who got all pissy about it when AZ first changed the name. Squaw Peak should have been retired a LONG time ago and I can think of nothing more fitting than replacing that name with Piestewa Peak (and now, I really should get into shape so I can climb it since it is essentially in my backyard)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Ptah...

What an honorable action that is, to rename that mountain for her...

I share your sorrow at her death...

And at all the useless deaths in this war...

:hug:

:cry:

[newmajority]

8. Good move, and not only because it honors a brave woman

A lot of people really don't understand the true meaning of the word "Squaw". The TRUE translation of the word......

Basically the same thing John McCain calls his wife. Not "trollop", the other one (rhymes with "punt")

[liberaltrucker]

9. Way COOL!!!

Link saved and will be strewn netwide by lil ole me.

Thanks!

:pals:

[liberaltrucker]

10. Looks a lot like Picacho Peak

Between Casa Grande and Tucson. Gawd, I miss the Desert!

:cry:

[Alexander]

11. I've climbed that.

Great way to get a workout and kill an afternoon.

[peacefreak]

12. As beautiful as that is

I wish her kids could still look into her eyes.