The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 33, July 31, 2005, Article 2

OCEAN IN VIEW NICKEL UNVEILING SLATED

The new 2005 Ocean in View nickel reverse designed by
Joe Fitzgerald will be unveiled on August 5 in a ceremony
at a site overlooking the Pacific ocean in Ilwaco, Washington.

"The United States Mint will present the new 2005 Ocean in
View nickel to the American people for the first time on a
dramatically beautiful overlook of the Pacific Ocean at Cape
Disappointment State Park in Washington State on August 5 at
10 a.m. Visitors will have the opportunity to exchange their bills
for Ocean in View immediately after the ceremony.

"Ocean in view! O! the Joy!", explorer William Clark's jubilant
exclamation recorded in his field notes in 1805, appears on the coin."

"Children under 18 will receive a free Ocean in View nickel.
Lewis and Clark-era entertainment will be provided by
re-enactors and musicians.

Chinook Nation exhibits and Lewis and Clark programs
will be held at the park and the Lewis and Clark Interpretative
Center throughout the day."

For more information, contact:

Chip Jenkins
Superintendent
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
92343 Fort Clatsop Road
Astoria, OR 97103
(503) 861-4401
chip_jenkins at nps.gov "

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[I've been in touch with Joe Fitzgerald, and he and his wife plan
to attend the event. It sounds like a perfectly lovely and fitting
location for the event. I hope some of our numismatic brethren
from the great northwest will be able to attend. -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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