First U.S. Mourning Stamp
April 14, 1866 was the earliest known usage of the first US mourning stamp, which honored Abraham Lincoln.
April 14, 1866 was the earliest known usage of the first US mourning stamp, which honored Abraham Lincoln.
On July 7, 1942, the US issued its first stamp with foreign characters as part of the design. US #906 was issued to commemorate the fifth anniversary of China’s resistance against the Japanese Empire in the early days of World War II. The 5¢ denomination would have paid for a first-class letter to China.
On May 3, 1861, General-in-Chief Winfield Scott presented a plan to end the Civil War without a great loss of life – it was later dubbed the “Anaconda Plan.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg was born on January 6, 1878, in Galesburg, Illinois.
On December 2, 1863, the Statue of Freedom was placed atop the U.S. Capital to a 35-gun salute.
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most important speeches of his career – the Cooper Union Address.