New quarter features USS Cairo

Vicksburg National Military Park on Aug. 30 will unveil the "America the Beautiful" Vicksburg quarter. The coin features the USS Cairo, a gunboat used during the Civil War and the first to be sunk by a naval mine, on the Yazoo River in 1862. • Article

Gettysburg rolling out new quarter

A quarter commemorating Gettysburg National Military Park is among the latest to be released as part of the America the Beautiful Quarter Program. The new quarter will feature the 72nd Pennsylvania Monument, which is located on the battle line of the Union Army at Cemetery Ridge, on its reverse side. The obverse side will continue to show the familiar profile of George Washington. The park will celebrate the new coin in a Jan. 25 ceremony. • Article