“Register – Vote” is the uncannily timely message from today’s #stampoftheday, a 5-cent stamp issued on August 1, 1964. I have mixed reactions to this stamp. Obviously, I agree with its basic message – register and vote. And, of course, I’m among the money who are stunned – and mobilized – by the many ways

While today’s #stampoftheday honors a decision made in 1898, it also connects directly the inflammatory tweets about fair housing made by Donald Trump earlier this week. The stamp itself, is a 5-cent airmail stamp, issued on July 31, 1948 to mark the 50th anniversary of the expansion of New York City – which consisted of

Today’s #stampoftheday features Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who took office in the midst of an unprecedented crisis and provided much needed leadership through the Great Depression and most of World War II. A 1-cent stamp issued on July 26, 1945 that has a portrait of Roosevelt and Hyde Park, his childhood home, it was the first

Ulysses S. Grant, who died on July 23, 1885 days after he finished writing his widely acclaimed autobiography, today makes an encore appearance in today’s #stampoftheday, which is an 18-cent stamp issued in 1938. While I wrote about Grant in May, I’m returning to him because in mid-June, protestors in San Francisco tore down a

Ducks, Little Orphan Annie, and a once-famous but now obscure Indiana writer take the stage as today’s #stampoftheday, a 10-cent stamp, issued in 1940, featuring James Whitcomb Riley, a writer and poet who died on July 22, 1916. Although the stamp was part of the series of 35 stamps honoring “Famous Americans” issued in 1940,

A five-cent stamp issued in 1940, takes us on a magical and mysterious tour that not only includes the Beatles but also has vigilante tailors, dreams that solve intractable design problems, multiyear lawsuits, multimillion-dollar fortunes, America’s first patent pool, an author who claims to speak for those beyond this world, and, of course, both sewing

Acadia National Park, a place I’ve loved over the years, takes center stage as today’s #stampoftheday because on July 8, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson created Sieur de Monts National Monument, which later became the heart of the park. The park was featured on a 7-cent stamp issued in 1934 as part of a series of

As this #stampoftheday odyssey continues, I’ve learned that there are different types of days. Yesterday, I wrote about how it’s sometimes challenging to find anything to write about. Other times, the process of writing these posts reveals wonderful strange pieces of information. Who knew, for example, that the “Lion” in Lions Club International stands for