Members of the Fort Riley Doughboy Honor Guard, which presented the colors at the World War I: Turning the Tide dedication ceremony, stand near a stamp poster.
USPS honored the Americans who experienced one of the seminal conflicts of the 20th century at last week’s World War I: Turning the Tide stamp dedication ceremony.
“World War I was the first truly global war,” General Counsel Tom Marshall said at the July 27 dedication. “It was unprecedented in its size and scope, in the use of technology, and in social, political and economic impacts that we see to this day.”
Other speakers at the event, which was held at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO, recalled the effect of the war on the American homefront, where songs like “Over There” helped galvanize the nation’s spirits.
World War I: Turning the Tide features a close-up of a member of the American Expeditionary Force holding a U.S. flag. The background shows an airplane in flight and smoke rising from a battlefield.
The stamp is available at Post Offices and usps.com.
USPS General Counsel Tom Marshall addresses the audience at the July 27 event, which was held at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO.
Richard Faulkner, a professor and military history chair at the U.S. Army Command and Staff College, discusses World War I history.
The American Legion Band of Greater Kansas City performs during the ceremony.
Unveiling the stamp are, from left, Lynn Heidelbaugh, a curator at the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC; Debra Anderson, a Veterans of Foreign Wars quartermaster general and member of the World War I Centennial Commission; Marshall; Matthew Naylor, the National World War I Museum and Memorial’s president; Faulkner; and Lora Vogt, a National World War I Museum and Memorial curator.
Liberty Memorial Tower, part of the National World War I Museum and Memorial, rises 217 feet above the main courtyard.
The World War I: Turning the Tide stamp features a member of the American Expeditionary Force holding a U.S. flag.
