AmeriCorps NCCC volunteers Samantha Hircock, left, Kristen Cordero, center, and David Wofenson work on repainting the railing at the U.S.S. Cairo in the Vicksburg National Military Park on Friday, July 15, 2011. The park is fixing up the area around the U.S.S. Cairo where the Vicksburg Quarter, which is part of the U.S. Mint's America The Beautiful Quarters Program, will be released on August 30th. (Bryant Hawkins/The Vicksburg Post)