Friday, November 13, 2026

Question: Bill Shover led the campaign to display the anchor of which ship across from the Arizona State Capitol?

Answer: The USS Arizona. The anchor was dedicated in Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza on Dec. 7, 1976, following the work of a civic group led by the Fiesta Bowl co-founder. The plaza also displays the battleship’s signal mast and, the Arizona Capitol Museum notes, a memorial pairing guns from the USS Arizona and USS Missouri.