A Postage Stamp History Of The U.S. In The Twentieth Century
Here is the federal government’s own picture history of our times—and it tells us more than you might think
December 1982 | Volume 34, Issue 1
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EmailThe stamps of World War II were issued before, during, and after the conflict. Roosevelt put the National Defense theme on our mail shortly before Pearl Harbor and marked the defense of Corregidor and the capture of Iwo Jima before Japan surrendered. A thirteen-stamp issue honored the occupied countries. All the services were celebrated, and veterans were honored the year after the war, gold star mothers two years later.
When Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott opened the fight for women’s rights in 1848, women worldwide were excluded from business and had virtually no legal standing. Susan B. Anthony championed the cause into this century but didn’t live to see Woman Suffrage written into the Constitution. Women have now matched men in achievement, but there is no indication we will soon see a stamp for the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
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