The Reader’s Notebook: Francis Hopkinson

September 21, 2018 — Francis Hopkinson designed the first official American flag, Continental paper money, and the first U.S. coin. He was an author, a…

By Greg Jenkins

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September 24, 2018

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September 21, 2018 — Francis Hopkinson designed the first official American flag, Continental paper money, and the first U.S. coin. He was an author, a composer, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, as a delegate from New Jersey.

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Greg Jenkins

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Greg Jenkins has been the Operations Director at MSPR since 1999. Greg is a 1996 graduate of Morehead State University with a BME in Music Education and received a Masters of Science in Industrial Technology in 2008. Greg oversees training, scheduling, and evaluation of the student board operator staff, preparation of the daily traffic logs and serves as weekday classical music host. He is also the webmaster of the MSPR website and maintains MSPR's webstreaming and podcasting.

The Reader’s Notebook: Francis Hopkinson

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