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National Park Quarters
The National Park Quarters program is now underway. The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs for the first five coins in its America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The series will feature designs from 56 U.S National Parks and other sites in the 50 states, D.C. and U.S. territories. Coins will be released through year 2021.
The coin designs will be presented in the order they were first designated as national park landmarks by the federal government. The first in the series is Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas. It will be released on April 19, 2010. Four other national parks quarter will follow in 2010.
The other 51 quarters will roll out periodically through 2021. They will roll out when Alabama's Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site completes the series.
In 1832, President Andrew Jackson named Hot Springs National Park a national reservation. Hot Springs National Park is in the state of Arkansas. Today it is one of the oldest federally designated sites in America. It features the parkfs headquarters building on the coin.
Yellowstone National Park Quarter
Release date is June 2010
In 1872, Yellowstone became the very first national park. It crosses the boarders of the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The coin features the Old Faithful gyeser and a bison.
Yosemite National Park Quarter
Release date is July or August 2010
The Yosemite Valley was first placed in federal protection in 1890 under an Army cavalry. In 1916, it was designated to be a part of the National Park Service. Yosemite's coin features El Capitan. Yosemite is located in the state of California.
Grand Canyon National Park Quarter
Release date is September 2010
The beauty surrounding the Grand Canyon's vast rock and mineral layers has been recognized in several ways. The area was first protected in 1893 as part of a forest reserve. It was later made a national monument and was eventually designated a national park in 1919. The Grand Canyon is in the state of Arizona.
Mount Hood National Forest Quarter
Release date is November 2010
This area was first protected as the Cascade Range Forest Preserve in 1893. Mount Hood took on its current name in 1924. It covers more than one million acres. Mount Hood is located in the state of Oregon.
In Year 2011
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park, 1895 Montana, Glacier National Park, 1897 Washington, Olympic National Park, 1897 Mississippi, Vicksburg National Military Park, 1899 Oklahoma, Chickasaw National Recreation Area Site, 1902
In Year 2012
Puerto Rico, El Yunque National Forest Site, 1903 New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, 1907 Maine, Acadia National Park, 1916 Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 1916 Alaska, Denali National Park, 1917
In Year 2013
New Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest Site, 1918 Ohio, Perryfs Victory and International Peace Memorial Site, 1919 Nevada, Great Basin National Park, 1922 Maryland, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Site, 1925 South Dakota, Mount Rushmore National Memorial Site, 1925
In Year 2014
Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1926 Virginia, Shenandoah National Park, 1926 Utah, Arches National Park Quarter, 1929 Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park Quarter, 1932 Florida, Everglades National Park Quarter, 1934
In Year 2015
Nebraska, Homestead National Monument of America Site Quarter, 1936 Louisiana, Kisatchie National Forest Site Quarter, 1936 North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway Site Quarter, 1936 Delaware, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Site Quarter, 1937 New York, Saratoga National Historical Park Quarter, 1938
In Year 2016
Illinois, Shawnee National Forest Site Quarter, 1939 Kentucky, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Quarter, 1940 West Virginia, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Quarter, 1944 North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park Quarter, 1946 South Carolina, Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) Site Quarter, 1948
In Year 2017
Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument Site Quarter, 1949 District of Columbia, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Quarter, 1962 Missouri, Ozark National Scenic Riverways Site Quarter, 1964 New Jersey, Ellis Island National Monument (Statue of Liberty) Site Quarter, 1965 Indiana, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Quarter, 1966
In Year 2018
Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Site Quarter, 1966 Wisconsin, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Site Quarter, 1970 Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park Quarter, 1971 Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore Site Quarter, 1972 Rhode Island, Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Site Quarter, 1973
In Year 2019
Massachusetts, Lowell National Historical Park Quarter, 1978 Northern Mariana Islands, American Memorial Park Quarter, 1978 Guam, War in the Pacific National Historical Park Quarter, 1978 Texas, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Quarter, 1978 Idaho, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Site Quarter, 1980
In Year 2020
American Samoa, National Park of American Samoa Quarter, 1988 Connecticut, Weir Farm National Historic Site Quarter, 1990 U.S. Virgin Islands, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve Quarter, 1992 Vermont, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Quarter, 1992 Kansas, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Site Quarter, 1996
In Year 2021
Alabama, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter, 1998.
Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park, 1895
