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8 January 2009

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Congress alters proposal details - Numismatic News

Congress is wising up. A proposal for a statutory commission that would have the power to recommend to Congress commemoration for the 450th Anniversary of St. Augustine, Fla.,  in 2015 has been altered. What emerged in S. 2359 was a very different celebration bill.

St. Augustine is the oldest continually populated settlement in what is now the United States. It was first organized on Sept. 8, 1565, and legislation was introduced to set up a committee to oversee the local celebration.

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