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4.8K views · 32 reactions | Check out this video from our friends at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration! Astronaut Peggy Whitson of Iowa recorded this message from the International Space Station for the Effigy Mounds National Monument Quarter launch last week. | United States Mint | Facebook

A national monument in Iowa holds special meaning for Native Americans. In Effigy Mounds National Monument includes more than 200 American Indian mounds of earth — commonly in the shapes of birds, bears, deer, bison, lynx, turtles, panthers or water spirits. Mikah Meyer - Travel Beyond Convention visited the monument on the latest leg of his journey to visit every Park Service site in the U.S. Read more about his visit: http://bit.ly/2bWMMQ4 | Voice of America