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Re: Showcase of the Union in Coins, Currency, and Tokens
https://www.usmint.gov/uss-indianapolis-ca-35-bronze-medal-MASTER_MLUS.html The USS Indianapolis, commanded by Captain Charles Butler McVay III, carried 1,195 personnel when it set sail for the island of Tinian on July 16, 1945, to deliver components of the atomic bomb ‘‘Little Boy’’. After completing that mission, minutes… -
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Thursday June 18 - Oregon Dungeoness Crabs Astoria-Megler Bridge is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America, crossing the four-mile wide mouth of the Columbia River. Dog license, Portland,1965 Nike ball marker, headquarters, Beaverton. Columbia (clothing) has headquarters in Portland -
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The 2019 Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter is the 50th coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho is made up of rugged mountains, deep canyons, and wild whitewater rivers, including the Main Salmon River and Middle Fork of the Salmon River.… -
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Thursday June 25 - South Dakota Name a town “Deadwood” and things don’t go well. The dirty coward Jack McCall — Calamity Jane asked that they bury her next to Wild Bill because he was the only man that she ever loved. The town did it as a prank to Bill because he never took interest in her. USS South Dakota, the lead… -
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https://www.si.edu/object/5-dollars-oregon-exchange-company-united-states-1849:nmah_1102305 Description In 1848, the largest single gold rush in history was just getting under way in California. This event soon triggered a mass migration of fortune hunters from around the world. At the outset, much of the California gold… -
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Sunday May 31 - Kentucky The replacement Kentucky never reached completion at the end of WWII The plans to convert it to a carrier, also a bust. The first USS Kentucky - never saw combat in twenty years. Today an Ohio-class Sub carries the name. -
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Scott Simpson a.k.a Nikita Karloff, The Russian Nightmare achieved the best gimmick in pro wrestling. Few knew that he was not Russian; even promoters and many other wrestlers did not know. He pulled it off for years The sign is a billboard that appeared on highways in the Russian Republic after the Fairbanks negotiations—… -
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rhode_Island The Battle of Rhode Island (also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill) took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces under the command of Major-general John Sullivan had been besieging British forces in Newport, Rhode Island on Aquidneck Island, but…
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