Although she died almost 60 years, Eleanor Roosevelt still offers important wisdom and guidance for those trying to address our current concerns. Roosevelt, who was born on October 11, 1884, was pictured on today’s #stampoftheday, a 5-cent stamp issued in October 1963, about 11 months after she died. Roosevelt’s story has been told by many […]

In this time, when we get frustrated if an email doesn’t appear within a few seconds, today’s #stampoftheday reminds us that communicating over long distances used to take days, even months. In doing so, it also underscores the importance of a functioning and timely postal system that hopefully will be deliver mail-in ballots in a

Today’s #stampoftheday honors a pianist, a composer, a prime minister, a political activist, a philanthropist, and a noted vintner. Amazingly, though, they’re all the same person, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, who, among other things was prime minister of Poland, a concert pianist who once packed Madison Square Garden and is still the only Pole to have

Once upon a time, in a parallel American universe, there was an accidental president who was expected to reflect the worst of his country’s politics, but instead embraced professional, non-partisan governance. The accidental president was Chester Alan Arthur, who is the subject of today’s #stampoftheday because he was born on October 5, 1829. He’s pictured

These days, when the worst of America has been so prominent, I’m happy that today’s #stampoftheday celebrates some of the best of America. Specifically, the 3-cent stamp, which was issued on October 4, 1948, celebrates volunteer fire fighters. The stamp, of course, is especially timely because of the many men and women who are putting

Edgar Allan Poe, author of “The Masque the Red Death”, makes a bizarrely timely appearance as today’s #stampoftheday. Poe, who is known today for his chilling tales of horror and haunting poems, was featured on a 3-cent stamp issued on October 7, 1949, which was the 100th anniversary of his death. This choice presents two

On a strange day when it’s hard to know how to react to the news, it’s heartening that the #stampoftheday project makes me pause and ponder Mahatma Gandhi, who was born on October 2, 1869 and who appeared on the 10th Champions of Liberty stamp, which was issued in January 1961. Gandhi, of course, employed