The U.S. Postal Service has announced the designs for its 2013 Civil War commemorative stamps. During the 2011-2015 Civil War Sesquicentennial, the Post Office is issuing two stamps each year commemorating significant events in the war that occurred 150 years ago from the year of the stamp’s issue. In 2011,the stamps commemorated the first shots of [...]
The USPS should be releasing the designs for the 2013 Civil War commemorative stamps in December or January, but in the meantime, the postal service has released the design for another Civil War related stamp. January 1st, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which began the process of freeing the slaves (the [...]
Here’s a look at a few Civil War related items in the news this fall. Missouri Man Admits He Removed Remains From Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield In an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Springfield, Missouri resident Coy Matthew Hamilton admitted he removed human bones from Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in southwest Missouri and will [...]
