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PORTRAIT CHANGE ANNOUNCED TODAY


Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross)  (1822 – March 10, 1913)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (below) announced plans today for Harriet Tubman
to replace U.S. President Andrew Jackson as the portrait on the front side of the
twenty-dollar bill. The exact design will be announced in 2020.


Tubman, was a Christian African-American, born into slavery who became a humanitarian, abolitionist and one of the leaders’ of the Underground Railroad
during the American Civil War as a Union spy. she became an icon of American 
courage and freedom.


Jacob Joseph "Jack" Lew.


A current $20 bill with the seventh U.S. President (1829–37), Andrew
Jackson
who has been featured on the bill since 1928.

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MIKE GRACIA


Robert "Rob" Reiner is 69 years old today.

Reiner began his career writing for the Smothers
Brothers Comedy Hour
 on CBS television in 1968
and 1969. He is the son of comedian, actor and
producer/director Carl Reiner.

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Tim Maguire


Jessica McClure Morales turned 29 in March.

The story of baby Jessica gained worldwide attention and later became the
subject of a 1989 television movie Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica
McClure on ABC. As presented in it, a vital part of the rescue was the use of
the then relatively new technology of water jet cutting.


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Sandy Kozel

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