Forever Stamp Commemorates USS Constitution’s Role in War of 1812

Posted on Author Matt ContiComments Off on Forever Stamp Commemorates USS Constitution’s Role in War of 1812

News from the USS Constitution Museum:

America’s oldest commissioned warship, USS Constitution, sets sail on Sunday for the first time since 1997. For this momentous occasion, the United States Post Office releases a Forever stamp of the ship to commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. The image depicted on the stamp is the oldest known painting of “Old Ironsides” by Michele Felice Corne (circa. 1803.) The original artwork on loan from the US Navy Art, Naval History and Heritage Command, is on display at the USS Constitution Museum located in the Charlestown Navy Yard.

From Left to right:
Margherita Desy, Historian, NHHC Detachment Boston; Lyle LaCroix, Postmaster, Sturgis, SD; James J. Holland, Postmaster, Boston; ; Mickey D. Barnett, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, United States Postal Service; Commander Matthew J. Bonner, USS Constitution; National Anthem Vocalist; Anne Grimes Rand, USS Constitution Museum President; and Cassius Cash, Superintendent, Boston National Historical Park. (Photo by Greg M. Cooper)

 

From left to right: Lyle LaCroix, Postmaster, Sturgis, SD; Margherita Desy, Historian, NHHC Detachment Boston; Commander Matthew J. Bonner, USS Constitution; Anne Grimes Rand, USS Constitution Museum President; Mickey D. Barnett, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, United States Postal Service; Cassius Cash, Superintendent, Boston National Historical Park; and James J. Holland, Postmaster, Boston. (Photo by Greg M. Cooper)

 

 

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