""The question was do we focus only on what happened in 1776 and the years around that or do we also talk about everything that has happened since then," said Lawrence Brown, a retired New York City doctor who served on the committee from 2019 to 2024. "'To me, the latter is just as important if not more important because it gives us answers to the questions of how did we maintain that Constitution? How did we maintain our independence?'""
""The Biden administration was focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach told Fox News, but the "Trump administration is dedicated to fostering prosperity and patriotism." "The designs on these historic coins depict the story of America's journey toward a 'more perfect union,' and celebrate America's defining ideals of liberty," Kristie McNally, acting director of the U.S. Mint, said in a statement.""
Over three years the U.S. Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee considered hundreds of ideas and settled on five commemorative quarter concepts honoring figures and movements such as abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Ruby Bridges and the women's suffrage movement. Committee members debated whether to focus solely on 1776-era events or include later developments that shaped the Constitution and independence. Treasury Department officials announced they would ignore the committee's recommendation and instead issue quarters featuring George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and a Pilgrim couple. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach contrasted Biden-era emphasis on diversity and critical race theory with a Trump-era focus on prosperity and patriotism. The administration is also considering a commemorative dollar featuring Donald Trump and the words 'FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT'.
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