<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7> <DIV>The list isn't that long, so I'll just append it to this -- today the mint released the list of national parks (so called, see below) to be honored in the series of US quarters starting in 2010.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You might recall that a few months ago I noted that Yellowstone would not necessarily be #1, and it isn't. More importantly, though, I do wonder who came up with this list, and if there will be noise about it. Because, as you can see, there are a number of places on the list that are not national parks. Like Mt. Hood National Forest and Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, to name two.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ah, well, sez The Currrrrmudgeon</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV> <DIV>------------------</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> Mint list of new national park quarters By The Associated Press (AP) The U.S. Mint announced Wednesday that it will produce a series of quarters highlighting <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s national parks, one per state and territory, beginning next year. The coins will be minted based on the dates the parks or historic sites were established and start with <st1:State w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State>' <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hot Springs</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">National Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, founded in 1832. Here are the states, with their images and the years in which they were established as federal sites. 2010 Arkansas, Hot Springs National Park, 1832 Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, 1872 California, Yosemite National Park, 1890 Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, 1893 Oregon, Mt. Hood National Forest, 1893 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, 1902 2012 Puerto Rico, El Yunque National Forest, 1903 New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, 1907 Maine, Acadia National Park, 1916 Hawaii, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, 1916 Alaska, Denali National Park, 1917 2013 New Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest, 1918 Ohio, Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, 1919 Nevada, Great Basin National Park, 1922 Maryland, Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, 1925 South Dakota, Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1925 2014 Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1926 Virginia, Shenandoah National Park, 1926 Utah, Arches National Park, 1929 Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park, 1932 Florida, Everglades National Park, 1934 2015 Nebraska, Homestead National Monument of America, 1936 Louisiana, Kisatchie National Forest, 1936 North Carolina, Blue Ridge Parkway, 1936 Delaware, Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, 1937 New York, Saratoga National Historical Park, 1938 2016 Illinois, Shawnee National Forest, 1939 Kentucky, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, 1940 West Virginia, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, 1944 North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 1946 South Carolina, Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument), 1948 2017 Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 1949 District of Columbia, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1962 Missouri, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 1964 New Jersey, Ellis Island National Monument (Statue of Liberty), 1965 Indiana, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, 1966 2018 Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, 1966 Wisconsin, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, 1970 Minnesota, Voyageurs National Park, 1971 Georgia, Cumberland Island National Seashore, 1972 Rhode Island, Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, 1973 2019 Massachusetts, Lowell National Historical Park, 1978 Northern Mariana Islands, American Memorial Park, 1978 Guam, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, 1978 Texas, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 1978 Idaho, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness, 1980 2020 American Samoa, National Park of American Samoa, 1988 Connecticut, Weir Farm National Historic Site, 1990 U.S. Virgin Islands, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, 1992 Vermont, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, 1992 Kansas, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, 1996 2021 Alabama, Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, 1998 <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. 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