Some fun trivia

·         Which Revolutionary War hero also helped make coins? 

Besides being quite the skilled horseman and informant, Paul Revere was a silversmith and a contributor to our nation's coinage. Revere's metals company once supplied the Mint with rolled copper for the production of early cents.

·         What coin and monument both honor another "Washington"? 

The first coin to feature an African-American was the Booker T. Washington Memorial Half Dollar. It was minted from 1946 to 1951. A National Monument was designated to Washington in Hardy, Virginia, on April 5, 1956

·         First Stamps

Great Britain was the first country to issue postage stamps, so theirs are the only stamps in the world not to bear the name of the country of origin. And the glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

·         What General of the US Army was honored on a US Postage stamp five times?

General William Tecumseh Sherman:  The 1st issue was 1893, 2^nd issue 1895, 3^rd later in 1895, 4^th in 1937, and 5^th in 1995