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Article: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial to be Featured in United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters(TM) Program
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Carolyn Fields, United States Mint, +1-202-354-7222
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States
Mint announced today that the nation will honor Perry's Victory and
International Peace Memorial in Ohio through its new quarter-dollar
program. The Perry's Victory design will be the 17th to be featured
on coins released under the United States Mint America the Beautiful
Quarters Program, and will be issued in 2013.
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial was established
to honor those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie, during the war
of 1812 and to celebrate the long-lasting peace among Britain,
Canada and the U.S. The memorial, a ...