New U.S. $1 coin honors Wampanoag

New U.S. $1 coin honors Wampanoag
By George Brennan / Cape Cod Times  |   Saturday, March 26, 2011  |  http://www.bostonherald.com  |  Local Coverage

Photo by Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip

PLYMOUTH — Kerri Boardley-Helme was holding 7-month-old Ezra and clutching the hand of 5-year-old Pharoah as they stood in line to grab a piece of Wampanoag history on Friday.

"It’s important for them to be here today to support their people," said Boardley-Helme, a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe.

At a ceremony held at Plimoth Plantation, with hundreds of people packed inside a meeting room and dozens more outside peering in through the windows, the U.S. Mint unveiled the 2011 Native American $1 coin — a shiny, gold-colored piece that symbolizes the 1621 Wampanoag Treaty...

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