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Tuskegee residents and other Alabamians may make the case that the U.S. Mint saved the best for last.
The mint on Monday released the 2021 America the Beautiful Quarter honoring the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. This is the final of 56 quarters depicting national parks and other national sites issued in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program that launched in 2010.
“It is fitting that such a significant historic site will complete this successful coin program,” Mint Director David J. Ryder said in a news release. “The Mint is proud to honor the men and women who overcame segregation and prejudice to become one of the most highly respected fighter groups of World War II.”
US Mint to honor Tuskegee Airmen with special quarter
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
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The Tuskegee Airmen are being honored by the U.S. Mint with a quarter dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.
The coin, which will be the final installment in the mint’s popular America the Beautiful Quarters Program, is slated to be officially released Monday.
All of the nearly 1,000 Black military pilots who trained in the U.S. during World War II did so in Tuskegee. Of those, 450 were deployed overseas and 150 died, including 66 who were killed in action. There were also more than 15,000 support staff, like navigators, bombardiers and mechanics.
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United States Mint to Release Final America the Beautiful Circulating Quarter on January 4th
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Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter Reverse WASHINGTON (PRWEB) January 01, 2021 The United States Mint (Mint) will release the 2021 America the Beautiful Quarter honoring the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site on January 4, 2021. This is the final quarter in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program and the only America the Beautiful Quarter to be issued in 2021. Due to increased demand for circulating coins, these quarters will ship to the Federal Reserve Banks ahead of the previously planned February 1st release date.
The Mint launched the America the Beautiful Quarters Program in 2010 as authorized by Public Law 110–456, the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 (Act). The Act called for the Mint to issue 56 quarter-dollar coins with reverse designs dep
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