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, …
Topic: Historical Figures & Events
Delving into the people and events that shaped history
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 envelope …
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 …
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 10 …
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 …
How times change, is illustrated by today's #stampoftheday, which honors a state that was the first state where were first allowed to vote but now is so conservative that it gave Donald Trump his largest margin of victory in 2016. The state is Wyoming and the stamp is a 3-cent stamp issued on July 10, 1940 …
One of the most iconic images from World War II—Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima—is featured on today's #stampoftheday, a 3-cent stamp showing that image issued on July 11, 1945, about five months after the picture was taken and about a month before Japan surrendered. The stamp recreates Joe Rosenthal's iconic, Pulitzer Prize winning photograph …
As this #stampoftheday project has unfolded, I have wondered about what my "options" would be for today, July 12, which, as my sister has already posted, is my birthday. I could have with a 3-cent stamp issued on July 12, 1954 picturing George Eastman, the founder of Eastman Kodak. (That seemed appropriate if only for …
Legislation that created the framework for the growth of the United States and, in doing so, helped lay the groundwork for the disputes that led to the Civil War, is honored in today's #stampoftheday. A 3-cent stamp issued on July 13, 1937, the stamp commemorated the 150th anniversary of the passage of the Northwest Ordinance …