Endangered Species Act
On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law in an effort to protect threatened species from extinction.
On December 28, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law in an effort to protect threatened species from extinction.
On December 6, 1947, President Harry Truman presided over the dedication of Florida’s Everglades National Park.
On June 17, 1898, the prized Trans-Mississippi stamps were issued as part of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska.
On May 21, 1804, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery departed St. Charles on the Missouri River to begin their exploration of the American West.
On April 6, 1999, the U.S.P.S. issued the first stamp sheet in its 12-year Nature of America series.
On March 16, 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act, creating America’s popular Duck Stamps.
On October 14, 1926, A.A. Milne published the first collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee was admitted as the 16th state in the Union.
John Muir was born on April 21, 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland.