Norman Gasbarro | May 5, 2013
Jonas Swab of the 210th Pennsylvania Infantry carried on a regular correspondence with his father during the Civil War. Several of the letters he sent to his father were preserved by a family member and transcribed and published in The Johannes Schwab Family: 240 Years in America. a copy of which is available at the […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 4, 2013
Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May), a holiday that had its origins during the American Civil War. It commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over the French forces of Napoleon III at the Battle of Puebla. The holiday was actually created by Mexicans living in California who supported the cause of Mexican freedom. […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 3, 2013
Christopher Gist, an immigrant from England around 1682, settled in the Baltimore area of Maryland in 1691. His marriage to Edith Cromwell had connected him to one of the prominent lines of English descent, that of Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector. The son of this marriage, Richard Gist (1684-1741), was the father of western explorer […]
Norman Gasbarro | May 1, 2013
The last post discussing the commemorative stamps of the United States that honored Abraham Lincoln featured the 1959 stamp set issued in recognition of the Sesquicentennial of his birth. See: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – The Sesquicentennial Issues of 1959. In 1960, a special stamp was issued to meet the international air mail postage rate […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2013
During the Centennial of the Civil War, which took place during the years 1961 to 1965, the United States Post Office issued a set of five stamps, one in each year, to commemorate five significant events of the war years. The first stamp issued was on 12 April 1861 in recognition of the firing on […]
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