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What is on the back of a Lincoln cent?
1909-1958: The words ONE CENT between two wheat ears 1959-2008: The Lincoln Memorial 2009: Four different scenes depicting events in Lincoln's life (issued for his bicentennial) 2010-present: The Union Shield
What is on the back of US coins?
Cent: Lincoln Memorial (up to 2008); commemorative scenes from Lincoln's life (2009); the Union Shield (2010-) Nickel: Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house. Dime: Torch, oak leaf, olive branch Quarter: An eagle (up to 1998); various state and territorial designs (1999-2009), National Park designs (2010-) Half dollar: An eagle, in a design similar to the presidential seal Sacajawea Dollar: soaring eagle (2000-2008), various Native American designs (2009-) Presidential Dollar: The Statue of Liberty
What is the Capitol rotunda?
The Capitol rotunda is the large round section in the center of the Capitol building, below the dome. It connects the House and Senate sides of the Capitol. A panorama of 19 scenes from American history are painted below the 36 windows of the rotunda. Among many others, there are scenes depicting Columbus' landing in the New World, Pocahontas saving Capt. John Smith, Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock, the Battle of Lexington and the reading of the Declaration of Independence. Several sculptures stand in the rotunda, some of political figures such as George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower, others of civil rights giants such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and others of American activists, such as a group sculpture of suffragists. Politicians who have lain in state in the Capitol rotunda include Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Edward Everett Dirksen and J. Edgar Hoover. Rosa Parks is one of others who have lain in honor in the rotunda.
Would a dish with Liberty Blue original copper engraving of historic colonial scenes printed on staffordshire ironstone Made in England Independence Hall be worth anything?
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Keller and James talk about the war during breakfast why is this disscusion significant in the miracle worker?
Because in one of the scenes, Helen and Anne have a "war" type thing going on in the kitchen during brekfast.
