Results tagged “Don Everhart” from York Town Square

Here's a hint to answer part of York County Smarts quiz, Part IV: This former York County legislator made history when she became the first woman elected to the General Assembly in the 1960s. (See additional photo below). York County smarts quiz, Part I, Part II, Part III.

Since its beginning, Pennsylvania has accomplished awesome results in the civilized arts -- more so than other areas of the United States of comparable size.

So says Philip Klein in his "History of Pennsylvania."

"Every region generates some creative people," he and co-author Ari Hogenboom wrote, "but Pennsylvania produced them by the hundreds."

Why?

Credit it to a diverse population, William Penn's quest for liberty and a varied, resource-rich geographic landscape.

Benjamin Franklin is Klein's Exhibit A of a Pennsylvania who showed original thought coupled with practical experiment.

All this could help explain why York countians have long made their mark on the state and national landscape... .

U.S. Mint sculptor-engraver Don Everhart created this design for the new Lincoln dollar. Background posts: Engraver's work keeps his name in circulation, Is Civil War-era cash buried around Hanover? and Engraver's image: Going to market a longtime York County pastime

Last time Don Everhart made the news, the former York countian had designed a John Quincy Adams presidential coin.

This time, he helped make the new Abraham Lincoln dollar, as the following AP/York Daily Record/Sunday News story attests:

These images from the U.S. Treasury Department show the four presidential one dollar coins, and their reverse side, right, that will be issued in 2008. From left are, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Artist Don Everhart, who grew up in York County, had a hand in all of them. Background posts: Engraver's work keeps his name in circulation and Graffiti artists today, masters worthy of study tomorrow.

Central York grad and U.S. Mint sculptor/engraver Don Everhart is back in the news.

He designed the John Quincy Adams image on the front of the soon-to-be-released new dollar coin that is part of presidential series. And that's his Statue of Liberty will be on the back of the new James Monroe, Adams, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren coins... .

Don Everhart's Statue of Liberty design, seen in this February 2007 York Daily Record photo, will be on the back of coins in the U.S. Mint's series of presidential dollar coins. Background posts covering other columns by fellow blogger June Lloyd: York County's connection to the French Quarter and First woman concert sax player had links to York troupe.

Former York countian Don Everhart is yet another native who had gained national fame.

He recently made news for his work in sculpting the front of a congressional gold coin granted to the Dalai Lama.

Everhart is a sculptor/engraver for the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, and a portfolio of his work is below... .