State Quarters Flashcards

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Colorado

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Longs Peak;Banner with text: “Colorful Colorado”

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Maine

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse; the schooner Victory Chimes[14] at sea

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New York

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Statue of Liberty, 11 stars, state outline with line tracing Hudson River and Erie Canal;Caption: “Gateway to Freedom”

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New Mexico

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Florida

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Idaho

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Peregrine falcon, state outline;Caption: “Esto Perpetua”

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North Carolina

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Only quarter to directly portray an urban city

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Illinois (Chicago skyline)

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Virginia

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Ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery;Captions: “Jamestown, 1607–2007”, “Quadricentennial”

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Arkansas

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Kansas

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South Dakota

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Puerto Rico

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Depicts a historic sentry box at Castillo San Felipe del Morro and a hibiscus flower.;Caption: “Isla del Encanto”

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U.S. Virgin Islands

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Features an outline of the three major islands, the yellow breast or banana quit, the yellow cedar or yellow elder, and a Tyre Palm Tree.;Caption: “United in Pride and Hope”

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Massachusetts

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The Minuteman statue, state outline;Caption: “The Bay State”

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Kansas

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American Bison (state mammal), Sunflowers (state flower)

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Alaska

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Grizzly bear with salmon (state fish) and North Star;Caption: “The Great Land”

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Maryland

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Guam

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Depicts the outline of the island, a flying proa, and a latte stone.;Caption: “Guahan I Tanó ManChamorro”

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North Carolina

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Wright Flyer, John T. Daniels’s iconic photo of the Wright brothers;Caption: “First Flight”

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Maine

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U.S. Virgin Islands

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Tennessee

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Fiddle, trumpet, guitar, musical score, three stars;Banner with text: “Musical Heritage”

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Utah

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Golden Spike and the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad;Caption: “Crossroads of the West”

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Arizona

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Grand Canyon, Saguaro closeup.;Banner with text: “Grand Canyon State”

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Oregon

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Crater Lake National Park;Caption: “Crater Lake”

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Alabama

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Helen Keller, seated, Longleaf Pine branch (state tree), Magnolia blossoms;Banner with text: “Spirit of Courage”;Caption: “Helen Keller” in standard print and Braille

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Colorado

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The state outline on these quarters left out parts of the states

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Georgia, Indiana

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California

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John Muir, California Condor, Half Dome;Captions: “John Muir,” “Yosemite Valley”

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Guam

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Arizona

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Louisiana

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Brown Pelican (state bird); trumpet with musical notes, outline of Louisiana Purchase on map of U.S.;Caption: “Louisiana Purchase”

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First coin that features Braille

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Alabama

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District of Columbia

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Duke Ellington seated at a grand piano.;Caption: “Duke Ellington” and “Justice for all”

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South Dakota

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Mount Rushmore, Ring-necked Pheasant (state bird), wheat (state grass)

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Georgia

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West Virginia

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South Carolina

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Carolina wren (state bird), yellow jessamine (state flower), cabbage palmetto (state tree), state outline;Caption: “The Palmetto State”

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Indiana

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Delaware

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Caesar Rodney on horseback;Captions: “The First State”, “Caesar Rodney”

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Washington

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Salmon leaping in front of Mount Rainier;Caption: “The Evergreen State”

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Montana

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Alabama

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Rhode Island

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Arkansas

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Diamond (state gem), rice stalks, mallard flying above a lake

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Connecticut

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Charter Oak;Caption: “The Charter Oak”

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North Dakota

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American Bison, badlands

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Montana

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American Bison skull in the center with mountains and the Missouri River in the background.;Caption: “Big Sky Country”

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Nebraska

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Chimney Rock, covered wagon;Caption: “Chimney Rock”

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Minnesota

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Rhode Island

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America’s Cup yacht Reliance on Narragansett Bay, Pell Bridge;Caption: “The Ocean State”

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Puerto Rico

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West Virginia

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New River Gorge Bridge;Caption: “New River Gorge”

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Alaska

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Illinois

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Washington

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Nevada

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Mustangs, mountains, rising sun, Sagebrush (state flower);Banner with text: “The Silver State”

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Tennessee

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Illinois

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Young Abraham Lincoln; farm scene; Chicago skyline; state outline; 21 stars, 11 on left edge and 10 on right;Captions: “Land of Lincoln;” “21st state/century”

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New Mexico

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State outline, Zia Sun Symbol from flag;Caption: “Land of Enchantment”

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New Hampshire

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Old Man of the Mountain, nine stars;Captions: “Old Man of the Mountain”, “Live Free or Die”

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Virginia

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Nebraska

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Wisconsin

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Head of a cow, round of cheese and ear of corn (state grain).;Banner with text: “Forward”

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Oklahoma

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Connecticut

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American Samoa

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Depicts the ava bowl, whisk and staff in the foreground with a coconut tree on the shore in the background.;Caption: “Samoa Muamua le Atua”

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Missouri

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Wyoming

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Bucking Horse and Rider;Caption: “The Equality State”

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Iowa

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Schoolhouse, teacher and students planting a tree,;Captions: “Foundation in Education”, “Grant Wood”

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Pennsylvania

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Ohio

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Wright Flyer (built by the Wright Brothers who were born in Dayton, Ohio; Astronaut (Neil Armstrong was a native of Wapakoneta, Ohio); state outline;Caption: “Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers”

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Texas

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State outline, star, lariat;Caption: “The Lone Star State”

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Iowa

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Michigan

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Pennsylvania

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Commonwealth statue, state outline, keystone;Caption: “Virtue, Liberty, Independence”

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Nevada

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Wyoming

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New York

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New Jersey

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Hawaii

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Statue of Kamehameha I with state outline and motto;Caption: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono

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Utah

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New Jersey

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Washington Crossing the Delaware, which includes George Washington (standing) and James Monroe (holding the flag);Caption: “Crossroads of the Revolution”

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Indiana

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IndyCar, state outline, 19 stars;Caption: “Crossroads of America”

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These two quarters feature natural landmarks that no longer exist

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New Hampshire (man on the mountain); Connecticut (the Charter Oak)

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Michigan

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State outline, outline of Great Lakes system;Caption: “Great Lakes State”

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Kentucky

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Thoroughbred racehorse behind fence, Bardstown mansion, Federal Hill;Caption: “My Old Kentucky Home”

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South Carolina

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Massachusetts

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California

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Ohio

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Louisiana

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Vermont

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Hawaii

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Maryland

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Dome of the Maryland State House, white oak (state tree) clusters;Caption: “The Old Line State”

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Idaho

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Oregon

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Minnesota

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Common Loon (state bird), Fishing, state map;Caption: “Land of 10,000 Lakes”

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Oklahoma

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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (state bird), with Indian Blankets (the state wildflower) in background

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Texas

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Georgia

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Peach, live oak (state tree) sprigs, state outline;Banner with text: “Wisdom, Justice, Moderation” (the state motto)

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First (non-commemerative) coin to feature an African-American

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DC’s quarter (with Duke Ellington)

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Missouri

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Gateway Arch, Lewis and Clark and York[15] returning down Missouri River;Caption: “Corps of Discovery 1804–2004”

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Kentucky

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Florida

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Spanish galleon, Cabbage palmettos (state tree), Space Shuttle;Caption: “Gateway to Discovery”

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Mississippi

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Wisconsin

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Mississippi

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Two magnolia blossoms (state flower);Caption: “The Magnolia State”

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New Hampshire

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North Dakota

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Northern Mariana Islands

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Near the shore stands a large limestone latte, a canoe of the indigenous Carolinians, two white fairy tern birds, and a Carolinian mwar borders the bottom.

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American Samoa

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First coin to feature royalty or a monarch of any kind

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Hawaii’s quarter (featuring Kamehameha I)

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Vermont

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Maple trees with sap buckets, Camel’s Hump Mountain;Caption: “Freedom and Unity”