Just days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces seized the U.S.-held Pacific island of Guam. It remained a strategic military point throughout World War II, until American forces reclaimed the island in 1944. Today, a total of seven sites around the island make up this National Historical Park. These areas stand together as […]
Tag Archives: 2019
War in the Pacific National Historical Park featured 48th in National Park Quarter series
March 6, 2019 – 12:12 pm
American Memorial Park Quarter design finalized
February 28, 2019 – 4:16 pm
On August 14, 2018, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the American Memorial Park quarters. The reverse shows an indigenous woman looking out at the Flag Circle and Court of Honor. The inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name and location of the site: american memorial park, nor. mariana isl., the year […]
Candidate designs for new 2019 American Memorial Park Quarter
February 20, 2019 – 11:59 am
In September of 2017, both the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) made recommendations after reviewing several candidate designs for the reverse of the 2019 American Memorial Park quarter. The CCAC did not make a design recommendation, instead asking that a second round of designs be submitted for consideration. […]
American Memorial Park featured 47th in National Park Quarter series
February 11, 2019 – 1:20 pm
Saipan (the most populated of the Northern Mariana Islands) is a tropical paradise located south of Japan. But during World War II, this island was the location of the most decisive conflict of the Pacific Theater – the Battle of Saipan. To gain an advantage over the Japanese, American soldiers invaded the island in June […]
2019 Lowell National Historical Park Quarter released at historic auditorium
February 7, 2019 – 7:45 am
The new Lowell National Historical Park quarter, 46th in the series and the first design in 2019, is now in circulation. On Wednesday, February 6, 2019 the official launch ceremony took place at the historic Lowell Memorial Auditorium, built to commemorate veterans in 1922 in downtown Lowell, MA. Located 25 northwest of Boston, the Lowell […]
