Frederick Douglass Home to Appear on a New Quarter
Some D.C. residents may have been disappointed to see Duke Ellington end up on the D.C. state quarter instead of Frederick Douglass, but they'll soon be put at ease. The United States Mint has announced that the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site will be featured on a special quarter of its own, the Examiner reports. 
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Douglass's Cedar Hill estate, located at 1411 W St. SE in Anacostia, will represent the District in the Mint's new "America the Beautiful" quarter program. The design for the new quarter won't be done until 2016, with its release scheduled for 2017.
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