Bill aims to honor infantry with silver dollar

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Bill aims to honor infantry with silver dollar
By Ben Evans - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jun 10, 2008 19:57:33 EDT

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed legislation Tuesday authorizing a commemorative silver dollar to honor the U.S. Army infantry and help fund the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Georgia’s Fort Benning.

The legislation was introduced by Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Grantville and co-sponsored by Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop of Albany. It still needs approval from the Senate and faces competition from other commemorative coin proposals.

The infantry coin would sell for $10, with some proceeds going to create an endowment for the Fort Benning museum, which is under construction.

The bill calls for the coin design to demonstrate the courage, pride, sacrifice, sense of duty and history of the Army infantry.

Known as the “Home of the Infantry,” Fort Benning is a major Army infantry training base near Columbus, typically home to some 33,000 soldiers.


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