House passes bill to honor Army infantry with silver dollar
This is pretty cool and I hope it passes. I guess if you agree that the Infantry needs to be honored and want to help build the Infantry Museum while investing at the same time, this is for you. I’d buy a few:
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.
