Postal Service: Stamp Honors 'Father of Modern American Poetry'
September 12, 2019
September 12, 2019
HUNTINGTON STATION, New York, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release:
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- Walt Whitman Stamps on Sale Nationwide Today
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today honored the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman with a new stamp in its Literary Arts series, commemorating the life, work and words of the poet some revere as the "Father of Modern American Poetry," at his Long Island birthplace. . . .
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- Walt Whitman Stamps on Sale Nationwide Today
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today honored the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman with a new stamp in its Literary Arts series, commemorating the life, work and words of the poet some revere as the "Father of Modern American Poetry," at his Long Island birthplace. . . .