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

The largest ocean liner constructed entirely in the United States which also was the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction, “sails into view” as today’s #stampoftheday. In fact, it might even sail into your living room tonight via a gala online special. Actually there’s not really a stamp. Rather, it’s an

The fourth (of five) presidents to have a beard as well as the first (and still the only) person to be elected to the presidency directly from the House of Representatives, takes the stage for today’s #stampoftheday. A 5-cent stamp issued in 1882, the stamp portrays James A. Garfield, who was shot on July 2,

Today’s #stampoftheday manages to simultaneously diminish both a notable woman and the state of New Jersey. Issued in 1928, the stamp was issued to mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Monmouth, particularly the role played by Molly Pitcher at that battle. But as you can see, it does so by printing the name

The radical idea that the federal government can and does use science and facts to address potentially fatal threats to people’s health is the message sent by today’s #stampoftheday, which also reminds us about the powers likely to resist this approach. The stamp itself is a 3-cent stamp issued on June 27, 1956 to commemorate

The St. Lawrence Seaway, a famous transport project that didn’t produce expected economic benefits and created unexpected environmental problems, is the subject of today’s #stampoftheday. The stamp, is a 4-cent stamp, jointly issued with a similar Canadian stamp, on June 26, 1959, the day that Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally opened

A very long bridge that made much needed connections but in ways that can be terrifying for some people is the subject of today’s #stampoftheday, a 3-cent stamp issued on June 25, 1958. The stamp shows Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge, which spans the Straits of Mackinac and connects Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. The bridge’s name

The ongoing importance of immigration is a timely message conveyed by today’s #stampoftheday, which, oddly enough, comes one day after the president’s most recent anti-immigrant action. (If you missed it, yesterday he issued an executive order that blocks the entry of many foreign workers, expands an April executive order denying green cards to applicants in