A president who presided over a famously corrupt administration often judged to be among the worst in US history, is the subject of today's #stampoftheday, a 2-cent stamp issued in 1923 to honor President Warren G. Harding, who died unexpectedly on August 2, 1923. A well -liked politician who seems to have been best known for …
Topic: Historical Figures & Events
Delving into the people and events that shaped history
For several reasons, I have a soft spot in my heart for the two 2-cent stamps that make up today's #stampoftheday offering. The stamps were both issued on August 3, 1927. One explicitly celebrates the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of Vermont becoming an independent republic (named New Connecticut) in 1777 as well as the Battle of Bennington, …
The country's oldest continuous seagoing service, sails onto the scene with "cool and temperate perseverance" as today's #stampoftheday. A 3-cent stamp issued in 1945, it honors the U.S. Coast Guard, which was established on August 4, 1790. The Coast Guard came into being because the then-new US government needed money. Alexander Hamilton, who, as you may …
Today, August 6, 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It's also the 55th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1965, which was signed on August 6, 1965. There's no stamp commemorating the former and the stamp commemorating the latter came well after my father stopped collecting stamps. …
The usually amicable but currently strained relations between the US and Canada are celebrated in today's #stampoftheday, a 13-cent stamp, issued in 1977. The stamp, which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Peace Bridge linking Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ontario, comes from the part of my late father's collection that consisted of folders and manila …
The ways that our institutions prevented Richard Nixon, an odious and out-of-control president, from fully undermining the foundations of our democracy, is the focus today's #stampoftheday, a 3-cent stamp, issued in 1938, commemorating the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The stamp itself was issued on June 21, 1938, the 150th anniversary of the day that New …
While it's sometimes called "the nation's attic" for its eclectic holdings of 154 million items, the Smithsonian Institution, the subject of today's #stampoftheday, also finds itself in the middle of today's most heated issues. The stamp itself, was issued on August 10, 1946 to commemorates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, which …
"And now for something completely different" - a postage stamp encased in metal, complete with advertising on one side. This is not a commercial oddity. Rather, during the Civil War, it was a replacement for coins that became scarce during the civil war. And, with apologies to Monty Python, it's today's #stampoftheday because on August …
It seems appropriate that today's #stampoftheday comes the day after Kamala Harris made her first remarks as the Democratic nominee for vice president. Issued in 1952, it's a 3-cent stamp that honors the role of women in the armed forces. It's today's stamp because today is the 102nd anniversary of the day that Opha May …