Author Archive : Helen P.
Cruz, Coffee & a Quarter
Look at the bold design for the fourth coin in the 2024 U.S. Women Quarters series. Can you guess what trails famed salsa singer Celia Cruz blazed from roads she did not take? Expected
Did Uncle Sam Have a Sister?
She’s given short shrift in modern U.S. history, but the Goddess Columbia enjoyed an early try-out as the symbol of America in the 17th and 18th centuries. Back then, European culture prized progress as
The Mettle Behind the Medal
America started the 1800s bursting with the energy of a new nation. Each decade’s developments exceeded the ones before it. Business, politics, geography, culture – all pulsated with progress. But with these changes, came
Mrs. Mink Goes to Washington
For Patsy Takemoto Mink, the halls of Congress were a long way from her birth on a Maui sugar plantation. The granddaughter of working-class Japanese immigrants, Patsy was born when Hawaii was just a