Evening star., 1936-04-26

ter need not be argued Merely to
ask the question is enough.
Il therefore respectfully propose
that the Army and Navy series which
you have suggested should be expanded
in such manner as to fill up the gaps
in the long sequence of events and per-
sonalities beginning with the earliest
Viking discovery of the New World and
coming forward to so recent a date as
that of the Armistice of November II,
1918.
Let us have a complete standard
series of regular postage issues to COM
plete the picture.
las a basis for discussion, I SUBJ
NIT this outline:
"12c-Midnight Ride of Paul Re-
we're, Boston to Lexington. April 1919
IT'S, reproducing Howard Pyle or N
C. Wyeth painting. with medallion por-
traits of John Adams and John Han
cock, if desired.
"1c-Death of Capt. James Law
renee, on board the Chesapeake. cap
tured by the Shannon. en- route to
Halifax. June l, 1913; after painting
by Alonzo Chapel. with inscription:
Don't give up the ship!'
"112c-Birth of the Flag, Betsy Ross
and three girls sewing the original
Stars and Stripes, from painting by
Henry Mosler, with insert of Ross
House, Philadelphia, if wanted.
a0c-Tbo onctit,,finy, orI the
Guerrero, after print in the possession
of the Chicago Historical Society, with
medallions of Capt Isaac Hull and
Capt. William cambridge.
"3c-Washington Crossing the Della
ware. as conceived by Emanuel Leutze;
historically inaccurate. but neverthe-
less the most widely famous of all
American works of its class; insert
portrait of Lafayette.
"4c-Signing of the Emancipation
Proclamation, from painting by Fran
els Bicknell Carpenter now in the
Capitol, with medallions of Susan B.
Anthony, who is reported to have sug-
gested the manifesto to President Lin
coin, and Frederick Douglass, Negro
orator, publicist and statesman.
"5c-The Bonhomme Richard, from
color print by Norman Wilkinson, with
medallions of Capt. John Paul Jones
and Capt. John Barry.
"6c-Dewey Annihilates the Spanish
Fleet IN Manila Bay, after drawing by
B. w. Clinedinst.
"7c-The Storming of Chapultepec,
Mexico, 1847, from painting by James
Walker, now in the Capitol.
"8c-Engag cement Between the Mer-
rimac and the Monitor, March 8, 1862,
after lithograph by Currier & Ives.
"9c-Molly Pitcher at the Battle Of
Monmouth, from painting by D. M.
Carter.
"10c-The United States Captures
the Macedonian, from painting by
Thomas Birch, with medallion Of Capt.
Stephen Decatur and inscription: MY
country, right or wrong!'
"l1c-Bombardment of Fort Nc
Henry, after an old print in possession
of Maryland Historical Society, with
insert of portrait of Francis Scott Key
and, for inscription, opening bars of
The Star Spangled Banner
"12c-Andrew Jackson at the Battle
of New Orleans, from B. j. Lossiug's
War of 1872
"l3c-High Tide at Gettysburg,
greatest battle of the War Between
the States after Currier g. Ives print.
with medallions of Gen. George Cor
don Meade and Gen. Robert E. Lee.
"14c-Perry in the Bay of Yeddo,
opening of Japan to the Western
world, from print by Heine g. Brown,
1855.
"15c-Sheridan's Ride, as repre-
sented in Currier g. Ives print.
"17c-Surrender of the German
fleet to the grand fleet, Admirals Sims
and Rodman on the New York. paint.
ing by Bernard F. Gribble.
"20c-signing Of the aruaiStice.