Unlike the past few days, when I really had to dig around to find a good #stampoftheday, there's a wealth of easy and wonderful choices for today's stamp. There's a 2-cent stamp featuring the Grand Canyon issued on July 24, 1934 that was part of a series of 10 stamps issued that year that pictured notable …
Topic: Historical Figures & Events
Delving into the people and events that shaped history
Competence in government, particularly the difference that talented people can make if given the authority and the resources, is the theme of today's #stampoftheday (actually #stampsoftheday). The three stamps themselves honor three major Revolutionary War milestones. The first is a 3-cent stamp, issued in 1955, commemorating the capture of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain by American …
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 …
The Wright Brothers take wing in today's #stampoftheday, a 6-cent airmail stamp issued in 1949. But why today, when the stamp was issued on December 17, 1949, on the 46th anniversary of their famous first flight at Kitty Hawk, on December 17, 1903? Because today is the anniversary of another, lesser-known but arguably much more important …
Townsend Harris, an obscure 19th century American diplomat who not only was portrayed by John Wayne in 1958 and was a character a satirical Japanese manga-based anime, but also founded what became the City College of New York and is the namesake of a well-known New York City public high school, is the unlikely focus …
The first - and perhaps the only - two men who ever asked for directions are honored in today's #stampoftheday, a 3-cent stamp issued on July 29, 1954 honoring the 150th anniversary of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. The expedition, which also was known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, which stared on August 31, …
America's first national park and its iconic geyser are pictured on today's #stampoftheday, a 5-cent stamp, issued on July 30, 1934 that pictures Yellowstone National Parks' Old Faithful geyser and also illustrates the many challenges of managing a major park. Although it wasn't the first in the 10-stamp series issued in 1934 highlighting notable National Parks, …
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 Manhattan …
"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 that our …